Korean slang profile
이케아 세대
ikea sedae
A generation whose unstable employment makes planning the future difficult despite high education and substantial experience.
A generation whose unstable employment makes planning the future difficult despite high education and substantial experience.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 24, 2014
- 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
독서 모임에서는 이케아 세대라는 표현이 담은 고용 현실을 이야기했다.
At the book club, we discussed the employment realities conveyed by 이케아 세대.
02Documented history
- 2014-12-24The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2014년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and contemporary examples of “이케아 세대” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2014년 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 76; 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.
- 2014년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 24, 2014Original source checked Nov 14, 2026