This study examines that new words related to [+person] appeared from 2002 to 2012. The [+person] new words is analyzed separately based on morphological and semantic characteristics. The morphological characteristics are more use of suffix derivatives and less use of native Korean words. New words related to females are more than those related to males. And more and more new words characterizing appearance are being used throughout that period. This study is worth conducting in the point that new words reflect not only linguistic but also socio-cultural characteristics.
