Korean slang profile
재미이스트
jaemiiseuteu
Person who values enjoyment in life
A person who regards enjoyment as an important value in life.
- Expanded form
- 재미 + -istfun + -ist
- Other spellings
- 재미추구주의자
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
새로운 취미를 찾는 재미이스트의 일상이 소개됐다.
The article introduced the everyday life of a 재미이스트 seeking new hobbies.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “재미이스트”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It adds the English suffix -ist, indicating an adherent, to 재미. The material gives 재미추구주의자 as an equivalent expression. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 7월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026