Korean slang profile
드로어즈
deuroeojeu
Brief–boxer hybrid underwear
Underwear between briefs and boxers in shape, extending downward toward the crotch.
- Expanded form
- drawersdrawers
- Other spellings
- 드로즈
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
속옷의 여러 형태를 비교하며 드로어즈를 살펴봤다.
We examined 드로어즈 while comparing underwear shapes.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “드로어즈”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Borrowed from the English name; the source describes a compromise between triangular and square-cut underwear. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 23쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026