Korean slang profile
욘족
yonjok
Young wealthy people pursuing ordinary lives
Young wealthy people who aim for a simple, ordinary lifestyle despite their wealth.
- Expanded form
- young and wealthy but normalyoung and wealthy but normal
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
재력이 있어도 평범한 일상을 지키는 욘족의 생활 방식이 소개됐다.
The article introduced the lifestyle of 욘족 maintaining ordinary daily lives despite their wealth.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “욘족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It renders an abbreviated name from young and wealthy but normal, emphasizing both wealth and a simple lifestyle. 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 7월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026