Korean slang profile
골드키위
goldeukiwi
Yellow-fleshed kiwifruit
A kiwifruit with yellow flesh.
- Expanded form
- gold + kiwigold + kiwi
- 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
과일 가게에서 속이 노란 골드키위를 골랐다.
At the fruit store, I chose a 골드키위 with yellow flesh.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “골드키위”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Names the yellow flesh by comparing its color to gold. 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