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Korean slang profile

뉴어덜트족

nyueodeolteujok

People with stable financial means who actively spend on making their own lives more valuable.

People with stable financial means who actively spend on making their own lives more valuable.

Expanded form
Not documented
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Dec 20, 2013
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

    여행과 취미에 아낌없이 쓰는 뉴어덜트족을 소개했어.

    The article introduced 뉴어덜트족 who spend generously on travel and hobbies.

02Documented history

  1. 2013-12-20“2013년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2013년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 25 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 69.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

  1. 2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 25쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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