Korean slang profile
동생부대
dongsaengbudae
Fans supporting younger stars
Fans who enthusiastically support stars younger than themselves.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2006
- 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
그 배우의 공연장에는 동생부대 팬들도 많이 모였다.
Many 동생부대 fans also gathered at the actor’s performance.
02Documented history
- 2006This source introduced “동생부대” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A paper in a 2006 National Institute of Korean Language publication analyzes it as replacing 오빠 in 오빠부대 with 동생. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and explanation of the components were checked in the official paper. Its subjects were expressions surveyed in 2002–2005; the publication year does not establish their year of origin.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 최근 신어의 조어적 특징 — 새국어생활 제16권 제4호 (국립국어원)Published 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026