Korean slang profile
화장품냉장고
hwajangpumnaengjanggo
Cosmetics refrigerator
A refrigerator made separately for storing cosmetics.
- Expanded form
- 화장품 + 냉장고화장품 (cosmetics) + 냉장고 (refrigerator)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
생활 가전의 변화를 다룬 전시에 화장품냉장고가 나왔다.
An exhibition about changes in home appliances featured 화장품냉장고.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “화장품냉장고”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Places the stored items before refrigerator to identify its purpose. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 68쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026