Korean slang profile
주경야디
jugyeongyadi
A lifestyle of working by day and keeping up DJ activities at night.
A lifestyle of working by day and keeping up DJ activities at night.
- Expanded form
- 낮에는 일하고 밤에는 디제잉함낮에는 일하고 밤에는 디제잉함 (work by day, DJ by night)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 30, 2018
- 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
낮에는 회사에 다니고 밤에는 음악을 트는 주경야디 생활을 소개했다.
The story described 주경야디: office work by day and DJing at night.
02Documented history
- November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026