Korean slang profile
디지털무언족
dijiteolmueonjok
People reluctant to converse face to face
People who are accustomed to communicating through digital devices and reluctant to converse face to face.
- Expanded form
- digital + 무언 + 족digital + silence + 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
디지털무언족을 다룬 글은 대면 대화의 어려움을 살폈다.
An article about 디지털무언족 examined difficulties with face-to-face conversation.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “디지털무언족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It names a group by focusing on the difference between device-mediated communication and face-to-face conversation. 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 10월 1주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026