Korean slang profile
레파족
repajok
People seeking family harmony by learning, making efforts, practicing, and achieving together.
People seeking family harmony by learning, making efforts, practicing, and achieving together.
- Expanded form
- LEPA: learn·effort·practice·achieveLEPA: learn·effort·practice·achieve
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2019
- 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
가정의 행복을 위해 함께 실천하는 부부를 레파족이라고 소개했다.
A couple working together for family happiness was described as 레파족.
02Documented history
- December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026