Korean slang profile
파도녀
padonyeo
A woman who enjoys comfortable, pajama-like clothes as city streetwear.
A woman who enjoys comfortable, pajama-like clothes as city streetwear.
- Expanded form
- 파자마 차림의 도시 여자파자마 차림의 도시 여자 (an urban woman in pajamas)
- 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
편한 잠옷풍 옷을 파도녀 스타일이라고 소개했어.
The comfortable pajama-inspired clothes were introduced as 파도녀 style.
02Documented history
- 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. It describes it as short for “파자마 차림의 도시 여자”. 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 63 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.
- 2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 63쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026