Korean slang profile
야누스족
yanuseujok
People who lead contrasting lives, such as focusing on work by day and enjoying active leisure after work.
People who lead contrasting lives, such as focusing on work by day and enjoying active leisure after work.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2015
- 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
낮에는 사무실에서 일하고 밤에는 스키를 타는 야누스족을 소개했다.
The article introduced 야누스족 who work in an office by day and ski at night.
02Documented history
- 2015-12-10The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and contemporary examples of “야누스족” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 144; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2015년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2015Original source checked Nov 14, 2026