Korean slang profile
트렁크족
teureongkeujok
Travelers with prepacked car trunks
People who travel after packing needed items in their car trunk beforehand.
- Expanded form
- trunk + 족trunk + 족 (group)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
여행 기사는 트렁크족이 챙기는 물품을 소개했다.
The travel article introduced items packed by 트렁크족.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “트렁크족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A group name based on preparing travel supplies in a vehicle’s trunk. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 62쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026