Korean slang profile
운도녀
undonyeo
A woman who commutes in a suit paired with comfortable sneakers.
A woman who commutes in a suit paired with comfortable sneakers.
- Expanded form
- 정장에 운동화를 신고 출퇴근하는 도시 여자정장에 운동화를 신고 출퇴근하는 도시 여자 (an urban woman who commutes in a suit and sneakers)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- 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
오늘도 정장에 운동화를 고른 운도녀 차림이야.
Today I’m wearing my 운도녀 look again—a suit with sneakers.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. It describes it as a shortened form of “정장에 운동화를 신고 출퇴근하는 도시 여자”. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 51 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 51쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026