Korean slang profile

요린이

yorini

A cooking beginner

Someone who is new to cooking.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
요린이라 간단한 레시피부터 도전하고 있어.
I'm new to cooking, so I'm starting with simple recipes.
Quoted from a source
요린이(요리+어린이)[2]
요린이 (Cooking + Children)
English translation by Julimmal.

October 2020Kyunghyang Shinmun: “In the MBC program <Backfather: Don’t stop cooking!>, newbie cooks who don’t even know the basics of cooking are called ‘요린이’.”[1]
April 2021Newsis: “The food industry is active in marketing targeting 요린이 (cooking + children).”[2]

Formed from “요리 + 어린이.” The 2021 source from Newsis explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.