Korean slang profile
하하족
hahajok
Middle-aged people pursuing happy, healthy aging
A term formerly used for middle-aged people seeking to age happily while staying healthy and attractive.
- Expanded form
- Happy Aging, Healthy & AttractiveHappy Aging, Healthy & Attractive
- 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
하하족을 주제로 한 기사에서는 건강한 취미 생활을 소개했다.
An article about 하하족 introduced healthy hobbies.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “하하족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It combines the initial letters of the main words in the English expression to form HAHA. 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 explanationHigh
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 6월 3주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026