Korean slang profile
엔세대
ensedae
A generation for whom the internet is an important part of everyday life and who are accustomed to communicating online.
A generation for whom the internet is an important part of everyday life and who are accustomed to communicating online.
- Expanded form
- net + 세대net + 세대 (generation)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 2010
- 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
엔세대의 소통 방식을 다룬 자료를 읽었어.
I read material about how 엔세대 communicate.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the section on words not yet listed in the dictionary.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its section on words not yet listed in the dictionary. It gives its components as “net + 세대”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date. The collection classifies it as a word not yet listed in the dictionary; this does not mean it first appeared in 2010.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 149쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026