Korean slang profile
캠핑홀릭
kaempingholrik
Being deeply into camping
A tendency to love camping and be deeply absorbed in it.
- Expanded form
- camping + holiccamping + holic
- 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
주말마다 야영지를 찾아다니다 보니 친구들이 캠핑홀릭이라고 부른다.
Since I visit campsites every weekend, my friends call me 캠핑홀릭.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “캠핑홀릭” 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 defines it as a tendency to like camping excessively. It is not presented as a medical diagnosis. 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