Korean slang profile
스마트모잉족
seumateumoingjok
People who study using various learning apps on smartphones.
People who study using various learning apps on smartphones.
- Expanded form
- smart mobile + English + 족smart mobile + English + 족 (group)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 2010
- 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
스마트모잉족은 이동 시간에도 영어 듣기 앱을 이용한대.
They say 스마트모잉족 use English listening apps even while traveling.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “smart mobile + English + 족”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 42쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026