Korean slang profile
귀향족
gwihyangjok
Hometown returnees
People who return to their hometown after leaving for study or work.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 유턴족
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- 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
도시에서 일하던 귀향족이 고향에 가게를 열었다.
A 귀향족 member who had worked in the city opened a shop back home.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “귀향족” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “귀향족” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026