Korean slang profile
친구데이
chingudei
July 9 event for young people’s rights
An event name formerly used for July 9 with the aim of protecting young people’s rights.
- Expanded form
- 친구 + dayfriend + day
- 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
옛 행사 안내문은 7월 9일 친구데이의 취지를 소개했다.
An old event leaflet introduced the purpose of 친구데이 on July 9.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “친구데이”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It was named because 79, representing July 9, is read similarly to 친구. 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 explanationMedium
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 6월 4주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026