Korean slang profile
심야라디오족
simyaradiojok
People who enjoy late-night radio
People who enjoy listening to the radio late at night.
- Expanded form
- 심야 + radio + 족late night + radio + group of people
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
심야라디오족에게는 조용한 밤 방송이 작은 즐거움이었다.
Quiet late-night broadcasts were a small pleasure for 심야라디오족.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “심야라디오족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It collectively names people who enjoy listening to the radio at late hours. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 11월 1주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026