Korean slang profile
뉴맨족
nyumaenjok
Young male consumers who clearly express their own tastes and actively spend on themselves.
Young male consumers who clearly express their own tastes and actively spend on themselves.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 24, 2014
- 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
유통 기사는 취향에 따라 물건을 고르는 남성 소비자를 뉴맨족이라고 소개했다.
The retail article introduced men who choose goods according to their tastes as 뉴맨족.
02Documented history
- 2014-12-24The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2014년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and contemporary examples of “뉴맨족” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2014년 신어”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 50; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2014년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 24, 2014Original source checked Nov 14, 2026