Korean slang profile
새오체
saeoche
A writing style altering spelling and endings as if an animal or object were awkwardly speaking human language.
A writing style altering spelling and endings as if an animal or object were awkwardly speaking human language.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jan 12, 2016
- 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
고양이 사진에 ‘밥 더 주새오’라고 새오체로 설명을 달았다.
I captioned a cat photo in 새오체 with ‘밥 더 주새오’ (more food, please).
02Documented history
- January 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[2]
03Origin & word formation
In a translator interview, 조선비즈 describes how the translated puppy letter in Riku Onda's story collection ‘나와 춤을’ was adapted online and called ‘새오체’. 삼성전자 뉴스룸 also used this style in New Year's cards. Who first named it online and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
조선비즈 displays an entry date of 2016-01-26 in its body, but its publishedAt was omitted because publication-date metadata is absent. The dated 삼성전자 뉴스룸 example was recorded as firstSeen.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [라이프] 인터넷 달군 ‘새오체’, 열풍의 주인공은 온다 리쿠 소설 번역가 (조선비즈)Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- 2016년 새해 감사의 마음, 갤럭시 노트 5로 전해볼까요? (삼성전자 뉴스룸)Published Jan 12, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026