Korean slang profile
소녀돌
sonyeodol
A teenage female idol with a girlish image.
A teenage female idol with a girlish image.
- Expanded form
- 소녀 + 아이돌소녀 (girl) + 아이돌 (idol)
- 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
그 무대는 소녀돌의 발랄한 분위기가 돋보였어.
The lively charm of the 소녀돌 stood out in that performance.
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 “소녀 + 아이돌”. 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 41쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026