Korean slang profile
낀세대
kkinsedae
Late-30s-to-50s group in the source
A generational expression referring, in the checked material of the time, to people from their late 30s through their 50s.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 31, 2000
- 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 포털은 낀세대를 위한 정보를 따로 분류했다.
The portal classified information for 낀세대 separately.
02Documented history
- 2000The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “낀세대”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 gives the meaning and contemporary use of “낀세대”. Its inclusion in the survey does not mean it was first created in 2000. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The OCR reading 깐세대 was compared with 낀세대 in the image of original page 58. The age range is the source’s classification at the time and is not established as a universal birth-year boundary.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2000년 신어, 본문 49쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 31, 2000Original source checked Nov 15, 2026