Korean slang profile
트래시 태그
teuraesi taegeu
Posting before-and-after cleanup photos on social media, or the tag attached to those photos.
Posting before-and-after cleanup photos on social media, or the tag attached to those photos.
- Expanded form
- 트래시(trash) + 태그(tag)트래시(trash) + 태그(tag) (trash + tag)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2019
- 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
하천 주변을 청소한 뒤 전후 사진을 트래시 태그와 함께 올렸다.
After cleaning the riverbank, I posted before-and-after photos with 트래시 태그.
02Documented history
- December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026