Korean slang profile
더부심
deobusim
A playful term for pride in how hot the area where one lives is.
A playful term for pride in how hot the area where one lives is.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 24, 2014
- 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
우리 동네가 제일 덥다며 서로 더부심을 드러냈다.
We each showed off our 더부심, claiming our neighborhood was the hottest.
02Documented history
- 2014-12-24The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2014년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and contemporary examples of “더부심” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2014년 신어”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 51; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2014년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 24, 2014Original source checked Nov 14, 2026