Korean slang profile
귀여니즘
gwiyeonijeum
Internet-novel style associated with 귀여니
The writing style of internet novelist 귀여니, characterized by online language and emoticons.
- Expanded form
- 귀여니 + -ism귀여니 + -ism
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
인터넷 소설의 문체를 비교하며 귀여니즘의 특징을 살폈다.
I examined 귀여니즘 while comparing the styles of internet novels.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “귀여니즘”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It adds -ism, indicating a tendency or style, to the writer’s name 귀여니. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 8월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026