Korean slang profile
홈캉스
homecance
A vacation at home
Spending your vacation at home.
- Expanded form
- home(집) + vacance(바캉스)A vacation at home
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Aug 11, 2015
- 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
이번 휴가는 홈캉스로 보내려고.
I'm planning to spend this vacation at home.
- Quoted from a source
최근 한 여론조사에서 20, 30대 직장인의 절반이 “바가지 북새통이 싫어 집에서 빈둥빈둥 아무것도 안 하는 ‘홈캉스’를 즐기겠다고 응답했다”니 수긍이 갈 만하다.[1]
In a recent public opinion poll, half of office workers in their 20s and 30s responded that they would enjoy ‘홈캉스’ lounging around at home and doing nothing because they dislike being overcrowded, which is understandable.”
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- August 2015In a recent public opinion poll, half of office workers in their 20s and 30s responded that they would enjoy ‘홈캉스’ lounging around at home and doing nothing because they dislike being overcrowded, which is understandable.”[1]
- August 2016Segye Ilbo: “It is also called ‘홈캉스’, which is a compound word of ‘home’ and ‘vacance’.”[2]
03Origin & word formation
Formed from “home(집) + vacance(바캉스).” The 2015 source from Dong-A Ilbo explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [@뉴스룸/김창원]‘홈캉스’ 강요하는 사회 (동아일보)Published Aug 11, 2015Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- [권상호의 문자로 보는 세상] “할 수 있다” 기적의 주문… 위대한 투혼·언행으로 기억될 리우 (세계일보)Published Aug 26, 2016Original source checked Nov 5, 2026