Korean slang profile
좌절 세대
jwajeol sedae
A generation that feels anxious about its future because of unemployment, poverty, and similar problems.
A generation that feels anxious about its future because of unemployment, poverty, and similar problems.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 좌절세대
- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- 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
그 기사는 일자리 문제를 좌절 세대의 불안과 연결해 다뤘어.
The article linked job problems to the anxiety of the 좌절 세대.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 56 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 56쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026