Korean slang profile
런치투어족
reonchitueojok
Office workers who use their lunch break for personal activities such as exercise, study, or shopping instead of a meal.
Office workers who use their lunch break for personal activities such as exercise, study, or shopping instead of a meal.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- 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
점심시간마다 수영장에 가는 나는 런치투어족이야.
I’m one of the 런치투어족 who go to the pool every lunch break.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 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 “2012년 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 27 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 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 27쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026