Korean slang profile
주말족
jumaljok
Weekend leisure enthusiasts
People who enjoy weekends through travel, hobbies, and similar activities.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
주말족들은 금요일 저녁부터 여행을 떠날 준비를 했다.
The 주말족 began preparing to travel on Friday evening.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “주말족” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines them as people enjoying weekends through travel, hobbies, and similar activities. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026