Korean slang profile
탈덕
taldeok
Leaving a fandom
Stopping being a fan of someone or something you used to like.
- Expanded form
- 탈출 + 덕후Leaving a fandom
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Aug 7, 2014
- Documented trend period
- Around 2014~
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
시들해져서 탈덕했어.
My interest faded, and I stopped being a fan.
- Quoted from a source
탈덕 : 입덕과 비슷한 의미의 단어다. 벗을 ‘탈(脫)’ + 덕후 ‘덕’이 합쳐진 단어로[1]
탈덕: a word similar in meaning to 입덕. It combines 탈(脫), to leave or take off, with 덕 from 덕후.
English translation by Julimmal.
Translation note: The quoted source calls 탈덕 similar to 입덕. That wording is preserved in translation, although the entry itself defines 탈덕 as leaving a fandom.
02Documented history
- August 2014Ten Asia introduced ‘탈덕’ in fan culture terms and explained its meaning by saying that it is a word combining ‘the mask to take off’ and the ‘virtue’ of 덕후, meaning that you will go out on the path of 덕후.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Combines 탈(脫), to leave or take off, with 덕 from 덕후. A 2014 TenAsia article explicitly gives this formation. Who first used it has not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The article explicitly explains the compound's structure. Who first used it is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 덕후 용어 사전 들어는 보셨나요 (텐아시아)Published Aug 7, 2014Original source checked Nov 5, 2026