Korean slang profile
컬처세터
keolcheoseteo
Someone who creates and leads new culture.
Someone who creates and leads new culture.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Oct 1, 2015
- 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
새로운 공연 문화를 만드는 컬처세터들의 이야기를 들었다.
I heard stories of 컬처세터 creating a new performance culture.
02Documented history
- October 2015The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
아시아투데이 explicitly explains a combination of ‘컬처(culture)’ and ‘세터(setter)’. The same meaning was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language's 2016 collection. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were compared with the source text. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 곽시양·권도균·송원석·안효섭, 프로젝트 그룹 원오원 결성 ‘꽃미남 군단’ (아시아투데이)Published Oct 1, 2015Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- 2016년 신어 조사 및 사용 주기 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 21, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026