Korean slang profile
중딩
jungding
A familiar or casual term for a middle-school student.
A familiar or casual term for a middle-school student.
- Expanded form
- 중학생middle-school student
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Aug 23, 2025
- 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
중딩 때 만든 짧은 영상을 다시 보니 반갑네.
It is nice to see the short video I made as a 중딩 again.
02Documented history
- August 2025지디넷코리아 used 중딩 in a headline introducing a middle-school video event.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for ‘중학생’ (middle-school student). A 2025 source from 지디넷코리아 confirms this formation or explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The formation and usage were checked in the source. Who first coined it and when it was first used need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 중딩 예비감독들의 축제...대한민국중학생 영상대전 시상식 열려 (지디넷코리아)Published Aug 23, 2025Original source checked Nov 13, 2026