Korean slang profile
전단지족
jeondanjijok
Discount-flyer shoppers
People who shop economically by closely examining discounted products in store flyers.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- 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
전단지족인 이웃은 장보러 가기 전에 할인 목록을 비교한다.
My 전단지족 neighbor compares discount lists before shopping.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “전단지족” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “전단지족” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026