Korean slang profile
신데렐라 학생
sinderelra haksaeng
A figurative term for a student who studies at school, academies, and elsewhere and does not get home until around midnight.
A figurative term for a student who studies at school, academies, and elsewhere and does not get home until around midnight.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 신데렐라학생
- Earliest source found
- Dec 20, 2013
- 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
늦은 귀가가 반복되는 신데렐라 학생의 하루를 다뤘어.
The piece covered a day in the life of a 신데렐라 학생 who repeatedly gets home late.
02Documented history
- 2013-12-20“2013년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2013년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 46 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 69.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 46쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026