Korean slang profile
위드 코로나
wideu korona
Accepting that COVID-19 may persist and seeking ways to live alongside the virus.
Accepting that COVID-19 may persist and seeking ways to live alongside the virus.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Oct 15, 2020
- 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
위드 코로나에 맞춰 일상을 어떻게 바꿀지 이야기했다.
We discussed how to adapt daily life to living with COVID-19.
02Documented history
- October 2020전북일보 introduced it as an expression for long-term coexistence with COVID-19.[1]
03Origin & word formation
전북일보 explains it as anticipating a prolonged COVID-19 situation and surviving alongside it. This describes that source’s usage without asserting that it has the same scope as any later specific disease-control policy name. The first user could not be identified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in the body of the source was checked, but the first user could not be identified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [NIE] ‘코로나 신조어’를 통해 본 2020 대한민국 (전북일보)Published Oct 15, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026