Korean slang profile
드림 메이킹
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Building dreams despite hardship
Continuing to build one’s dreams and hopes without giving up despite difficulties.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 드림메이킹
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
작은 목표를 하나씩 이루는 드림 메이킹을 이어 가기로 했다.
I decided to continue 드림 메이킹 by achieving small goals one by one.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “드림 메이킹” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “드림 메이킹” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026