Korean slang profile
아친남
achinnam
Wife’s friend’s husband
One’s wife’s friend’s husband, used when discussing comparisons with other husbands within a couple.
- Expanded form
- 아내 친구 남편wife’s friend’s husband
- 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
아친남 이야기를 들을 때마다 비교보다 대화가 먼저라는 생각이 든다.
Whenever I hear about 아친남, I think conversation should come before comparison.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “아친남”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It abbreviates 아내 친구 남편 by combining their first syllables. 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 9월 1주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026