Korean slang profile
택숙자
taeksukja
Taxi drivers sleeping while waiting
Taxi drivers who park on streets or at airports and sleep in their cars while waiting for passengers.
- Expanded form
- taxi + 노숙자taxi + 노숙자 (a person sleeping rough)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- 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 기사는 장시간 손님을 기다리는 택숙자의 사정을 전했다.
The article described the circumstances of 택숙자 waiting for passengers for long hours.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “택숙자” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Formed by retaining parts of “taxi + 노숙자 (a person sleeping rough)”. The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 lists this headword and its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 221 (printed page 197) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular. This was read in the section tracking the use of previously surveyed terms; it is not claimed to have originated in 2005.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026