Korean slang profile
클레릭셔츠
keulreriksyeocheu
A white-collar-and-cuff shirt
A shirt with a white collar and white cuffs.
- Expanded form
- cleric shirtcleric shirt
- 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
흰 옷깃이 돋보이는 클레릭셔츠를 입었다.
I wore a 클레릭셔츠 with a striking white collar.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “클레릭셔츠” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as a shirt with only the collar and cuffs in white. 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