Korean slang profile
직밴
jikbaen
Band of working adults
A music band made up of working adults.
- Expanded form
- 직장인 밴드working adults’ band
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
퇴근 후에는 직밴 연습실에서 기타를 친다.
After work, I play guitar in the 직밴 rehearsal room.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “직밴” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection presents it as a combination of parts of 직장인 and 밴드 and defines it as a band composed of working adults. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026