Korean slang profile
금벼락
geumbyeorak
A shower of gold medals
A figurative expression for winning many gold medals at once in competitions or multiple events.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- 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
여러 종목에서 우승 소식이 이어지자 금벼락이라는 표현이 나왔다.
As wins came from several events, the expression 금벼락 appeared.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “금벼락” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “금벼락” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026