Korean slang profile
개구리관광
gaegurigwangwang
Amphibious-vehicle sightseeing
Sightseeing on land and a river in an amphibious vehicle without changing vehicles.
- Expanded form
- 개구리 + 관광개구리 (frog) + 관광 (sightseeing)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
도시를 돌아본 뒤 강으로 들어가는 개구리관광이 소개됐다.
개구리관광 was introduced as touring the city and then entering the river.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “개구리관광”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Names sightseeing that moves between land and water by comparing it to a frog. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 17쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026