Korean slang profile
휘들옷
hwideulot
Work clothes that are formal yet cool enough for summer.
Work clothes that are formal yet cool enough for summer.
- Expanded form
- 휘몰아치는 들판에서 부는 시원한 바람과 같은 옷휘몰아치는 들판에서 부는 시원한 바람과 같은 옷 (clothes like a cool breeze blowing across a windswept field)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- 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
더운 날 회의에 입고 갈 휘들옷을 골랐어.
I picked out cool, formal 휘들옷 for a meeting on a hot day.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. It describes it as a shortened form of “휘몰아치는 들판에서 부는 시원한 바람과 같은 옷”. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 69 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 69쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026