Korean slang profile
올빼미 투어
olppaemi tueo
A tour with nighttime departure and return
A trip departing in the middle of the night and returning in the middle of the night.
- Expanded form
- 올빼미 + tour올빼미 (owl) + tour
- 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
짧은 휴일을 이용해 올빼미 투어를 다녀왔다.
I took an 올빼미 투어 during a short break.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “올빼미 투어” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as a trip leaving and returning in the middle of the night. 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. Related explanation and examples continue on PDF page 75.
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