Korean slang profile

어퍼웨어

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Dressing neatly only on the upper body visible in a video meeting.

Expanded form: 어퍼(upper) + 웨어(wear)어퍼(upper) + 웨어(wear) (upper + wear)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Oct 15, 2020
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
화상회의 전에는 어퍼웨어부터 챙기곤 했다.
Before video meetings, I would first make sure my upper half was neatly dressed.

02Documented history

October 2020전북일보 introduced it while explaining the style of wearing formal clothes only on the upper body for video meetings.[1]

03Origin & word formation

전북일보 explains it as combining ‘upper’, meaning above the waist here, and ‘wear’, meaning clothing, in the context of formal tops for video meetings. The first user and time could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The explanation in the body of the source was checked, but the first user could not be identified.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

[NIE] ‘코로나 신조어’를 통해 본 2020 대한민국 (전북일보)Published Oct 15, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026