Korean slang profile

치맥지교

chimaekjigyo

Friendship shared over chicken and beer, or friends made that way.

Expanded form: 치킨 + 맥주 + 관포지교치킨 + 맥주 + 관포지교 (chicken + beer + the friendship of Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Nov 30, 2017
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
함께 치킨을 먹으며 고민을 나누는 친구와 치맥지교를 이어 갔다.
I kept up 치맥지교 with a friend, sharing worries over fried chicken.

02Documented history

November 2017The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

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

2017년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2017Original source checked Nov 14, 2026