Korean slang profile
젓가락데이
jeotgarakdei
Chopsticks Day
A name for November 11 promoting chopstick use and chopstick culture.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 젓가락의 날
- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- 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
옛 행사 안내에서 11월 11일을 젓가락데이라고 불렀다.
An old event notice called November 11 젓가락데이.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “젓가락데이” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 lists this headword and its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 46 (printed page 22) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026