Korean slang profile
가족쓰나미
gajoksseunami
A wave of emotion from a family story
A metaphor for a work about family love profoundly moving its audience.
- Expanded form
- 가족 + 쓰나미가족 (family) + 쓰나미 (tsunami)
- 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
가족 이야기를 다룬 영화가 관객에게 가족쓰나미 같은 감동을 전했다.
The family-themed film gave viewers a powerful 가족쓰나미-like emotional experience.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “가족쓰나미” 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 explains a comparison between intense family-themed emotion and a tsunami. 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