Korean slang profile
디카족
dikajok
Digital-camera enthusiasts
People who routinely carry digital cameras and enjoy taking pictures.
- Expanded form
- 디지털 카메라 + 족디지털 카메라 (digital camera) + 족 (group)
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
디카족인 친구는 산책길의 작은 풍경도 사진으로 남겼다.
My 디카족 friend even photographed small sights along our walk.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “디카족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Shortens 디지털 카메라 to 디카 and adds 족 to refer to people. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
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