Korean slang profile
초강추
chogangchu
Very strong recommendation
An expression used to recommend something very strongly.
- Expanded form
- 초강력 추천extremely strong recommendation
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
친구에게 재미있게 읽은 소설을 초강추했다.
I gave my friend an enthusiastic 초강추 for a novel I enjoyed.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “초강추” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection gives a shortened form of 초강력 추천 and defines it as recommending something very strongly. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026