Korean slang profile
덕분에 챌린지
deokbune chaellinji
A campaign thanking and honoring medical workers responding to COVID-19 by posting photos or videos of sign-language gestures and nominating the next participants.
A campaign thanking and honoring medical workers responding to COVID-19 by posting photos or videos of sign-language gestures and nominating the next participants.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Not verified
- 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
의료진에게 감사하는 마음을 담아 덕분에 챌린지에 참여했다.
I joined the 덕분에 챌린지 to express my thanks to medical workers.
02Documented history
- Time unconfirmedIncheon Transit Corporation explained its participation in the campaign thanking and honoring medical workers and how the campaign works.[1]
03Origin & word formation
An Incheon Transit Corporation press release describes a campaign started by the central disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters to encourage medical workers, explaining sign-language photos or videos, hashtags, and nominations. The exact starting date was not directly confirmed.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The campaign explanation was checked in the institution’s official press release. An on-page creation date exists, but publication metadata is absent, so publishedAt and firstSeen were omitted.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 인천교통공사, ‘덕분에 챌린지’ 캠페인 참여 (인천교통공사)Original source checked Nov 13, 2026