Korean slang profile

캠린이

kaemnini

A camping beginner

Someone who has just started camping.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
캠린이라 텐트 치는 데 한참 걸렸어.
I'm new to camping, so putting up the tent took ages.
Quoted from a source
특히 본격적 여름 휴가철을 맞아 해외여행 대신 국내로 발길을 돌린 인구가 급증하면서, 전국 캠핑장에는 캠린이(캠핑+어린이의 합성어로 초보 캠핑족을 뜻하는 말) 주의보가 내려졌다.[1]
In particular, with the summer vacation season in full swing, the number of people turning to the country instead of traveling abroad has increased rapidly, and the 캠린이 (a compound word of camping + children, meaning novice campers) advisory has been issued to camping sites across the country.
English translation by Julimmal.

July 2020In particular, with the summer vacation season in full swing, the number of people turning to the country instead of traveling abroad has increased rapidly, and the 캠린이 (a compound word of camping + children, meaning novice campers) advisory has been issued to camping sites across the country.[1]
October 2020Segye Ilbo: “There are about 98,000 posts on Instagram with the hashtag ‘캠린이’ (camping + children), a new word meaning camping beginner.”[2]

Formed from “캠핑 + 어린이.” The 2020 source from Hankook 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.

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.