Korean slang profile
여름이었다
yeoreumieotda
A sentence meme appended to a story to make it sound like an atmospheric reminiscence: ‘It was summer.’
A sentence meme appended to a story to make it sound like an atmospheric reminiscence: ‘It was summer.’
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Aug 19, 2021
- 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
버스를 놓쳐 한참을 걸었다. 여름이었다.
I missed the bus and walked for ages. It was summer.
02Documented history
- August 2021아트인사이트 introduced the meme of appending this sentence to the end of a story.[1]
03Origin & word formation
아트인사이트 introduces it as a wordplay meme adding this phrase to the end of a sentence. The article says it appeared on Twitter, but the original first post and exact date could not be confirmed.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
An explanation or context showing the meaning was checked, but the available evidence does not establish the first user.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 너는 나의 여름이었다 (아트인사이트)Published Aug 19, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026