Korean slang profile
로열와이프
royeolwaipeu
A consumer label formerly used for a homemaker who mainly buys expensive kitchenware.
A consumer label formerly used for a homemaker who mainly buys expensive kitchenware.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- 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
당시 유통 기사에서는 고급 주방용품의 소비자를 로열와이프라고 소개했다.
Retail articles at the time introduced consumers of premium kitchenware as 로열와이프.
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 “로열와이프” 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 55; 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