Korean slang profile
하메족
hamejok
People who share a home with others while splitting housing expenses.
People who share a home with others while splitting housing expenses.
- Expanded form
- 하우스메이트족하우스메이트족 (housemate group)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Sep 17, 2021
- 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
월세 부담을 줄이려고 하메족 생활을 시작했어.
I started sharing a home to reduce the burden of rent.
02Documented history
- September 2021이투데이 explained 하메족 as short for ‘하우스메이트족’, introducing housing arrangements that may include splitting rent with strangers.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for ‘하우스메이트족’ (housemate group). A 2021 source from 이투데이 gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
One source explicitly gives this explanation. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [이투데이 말투데이] 주공삼태(周公三笞)/하메족 (9월17일) (이투데이)Published Sep 17, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026