Korean slang profile
가제트족
gajeteujok
Enthusiasts of technical hobbies
People who enjoy technically demanding hobbies and actively participate in related activities.
- Expanded form
- gadget + 족gadget + 족 (group)
- Other spellings
- 가젯족
- 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
가제트족의 취미 활동을 다룬 전시를 둘러봤다.
I toured an exhibition about 가제트족 hobbies.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “가제트족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Introduced as a name for people deeply engaged in technical hobbies. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
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, 17쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026