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386 세대
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Korean
ko:
386 Generation
Etymology
Coined in the 1990s, originally to refer to people in their thirties (3) who went to university in the 1980s (8) and were born in the 1960s (6), influenced by the microprocessor i386. The first number is sometimes revised according to the current age of the generation (ko 486 세대 -, ko 586 세대 -, etc.), but more commonly the original formulation is preserved.
Pronunciation
삼팔륙 세대 5
Noun
386 세대 sampallyuk sedae 삼팔륙 세대
386 Generation those born in the 1960s, the politically and economically dominant age cohort in South Korea in the early twenty-first century
ko History of Korea