Korean slang profile
야탈
yatal
Nighttime outing or drive
A term formerly used for an outing or drive by car at night.
- Expanded form
- 야간 탈출nighttime escape
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
더위가 가신 저녁에 잠깐 야탈을 다녀왔다.
I went out briefly for 야탈 in the evening after the heat eased.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “야탈”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It shortens 야간 탈출 as used in car clubs. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 6월 3주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026