Korean slang profile
야자 토크
yaja tokeu
Age-free informal conversation
A conversation in which people agree to use informal speech with each other for a set time, regardless of age differences.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
선후배가 동의한 뒤 잠깐 야자 토크 시간을 가졌다.
After agreeing together, the older and younger members had a short 야자 토크 session.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “야자 토크” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection describes people of different ages exchanging informal speech for a limited time. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026