Korean slang profile
틈새족
teumsaejok
People who use gaps in their schedule
People who efficiently use brief or awkward gaps between tasks.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- 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
틈새족인 친구는 이동 중 남는 시간에 외국어를 공부한다.
My 틈새족 friend studies foreign languages in spare time while traveling.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “틈새족” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “틈새족” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026