Korean slang profile
호모 솔리타리우스
homo solritariuseu
Lonely modern people living alone amid social change
An expression for a lonely modern person who has come to live alone amid changes in social structures.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2015
- 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
글은 혼자 사는 현대인의 모습을 호모 솔리타리우스라는 말로 설명했다.
The piece used 호모 솔리타리우스 to describe modern people living alone.
02Documented history
- 2015-12-10The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and contemporary examples of “호모 솔리타리우스” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 168; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2015년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2015Original source checked Nov 14, 2026