Korean slang profile
미니룸
minirum
A mini-homepage virtual room
A small virtual space inside a mini homepage that a user can decorate as desired.
- Expanded form
- mini roommini room
- 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
미니룸에 좋아하는 가구 아이템을 배치했다.
I arranged favorite furniture items in the 미니룸.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “미니룸” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as a small space within a mini homepage that can be decorated freely. 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