Korean slang profile
우주족
ujujok
People drinking on rainy days
In the source, people who enjoy drinking alcohol on rainy days.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 2001
- 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
비 오는 날 모임을 잡은 이들을 우주족이라고 부른 기사가 있었다.
An article called people arranging a gathering on a rainy day 우주족.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “우주족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 includes the spelling and meaning of “우주족”. This collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definitions in the body of the 2001 collection were compared. The collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. The original older articles re-quoted there were not separately opened, and neither the first use date nor the extent of spread at the time was verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 257쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026