Korean slang profile
노 더스트족
no deoseuteujok
People making various efforts in daily life to avoid dust.
People making various efforts in daily life to avoid dust.
- Expanded form
- 노 더스트(no dust) + 족노 더스트(no dust) + 족 (no dust + group)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 30, 2018
- 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
노 더스트족이라는 말처럼 외출 전에 미세먼지 정보를 챙겼다.
Like 노 더스트족, I checked fine-dust information before going out.
02Documented history
- November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026