Korean slang profile
잉꼬부부콤플렉스
ingkkobubukompeulrekseu
Pressure to display only marital happiness
A figurative expression for a tendency to show others only the happy side of a marriage.
- Expanded form
- 잉꼬부부 + complexloving couple + complex
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
인터뷰에서는 잉꼬부부콤플렉스가 주는 부담을 이야기했다.
The interview discussed the pressure caused by 잉꼬부부콤플렉스.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “잉꼬부부콤플렉스”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It adds complex to a term for a loving couple to express the pressure to maintain a happy image. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 11월 1주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026