Korean slang profile
디지털미디어족
dijiteolmidieojok
People accessing digital content anywhere
People who access digital content through various devices regardless of time or place.
- Expanded form
- digital media + 족digital media + group of people
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
디지털미디어족은 이동 중에도 여러 기기로 콘텐츠를 즐겼다.
디지털미디어족 enjoyed content on various devices even while traveling.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “디지털미디어족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It collectively names people who use digital media throughout everyday life. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 6월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026