Korean slang profile
원싱
wonsing
A never-married single person
Someone who has been single from the outset, with no experience of marriage or divorce.
- Expanded form
- 원래부터 싱글원래부터 싱글 (single from the outset)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- 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
그 설문은 원싱과 이혼 경험이 있는 독신자의 응답을 나눠 살폈다.
The survey separated responses from 원싱 and divorced single people.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “원싱” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “원싱” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. The source gives its expanded form as “원래부터 싱글 (single from the outset)”. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026