Korean slang profile
솔로부대
solrobudae
Proudly unattached singles
A group of people openly and proudly identifying themselves as not having romantic partners.
- Expanded form
- solo + 부대solo + 부대 (a unit or troop)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
친구들은 솔로부대끼리 모여 주말을 즐기자고 했다.
My friends suggested getting together as 솔로부대 to enjoy the weekend.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “솔로부대” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as people who openly acknowledge having no romantic partner. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026