Korean slang profile
추어탕데이
chueotangdei
Loach Soup Day
A name for July 5 as a day to eat loach soup, linking the sounds 칠오 (“seven-five”) and 추어 (“loach”).
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 추어데이
- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- 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 신문은 7월 5일을 추어탕데이로 소개했다.
An old newspaper introduced July 5 as 추어탕데이.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “추어탕데이” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 lists this headword and its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 33 (printed page 9) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026