Korean slang profile
키드코어
kideukoeo
A fashion trend reflecting childhood tastes and feelings through toys, cartoon characters, bright colors, and similar elements.
A fashion trend reflecting childhood tastes and feelings through toys, cartoon characters, bright colors, and similar elements.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 22, 2023
- 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
만화 캐릭터 가방을 더해 키드코어 분위기를 냈어.
I added a cartoon-character bag for a kidcore feel.
02Documented history
- 2023-03-22The 동아일보 source used the expression ‘키드코어’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. The specific process of coining the expression could not be established. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
Usage was checked in the source, but the specific process of coining the expression and its first use could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 영원히 철들고 싶지 않은 남자들의 ‘키드코어’ 룩 (동아일보)Published Mar 22, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026