Korean slang profile
커플데이
keopeuldei
February 22 Couples’ Day
A nickname for February 22 as a day for couples, inspired by its repeated twos.
- Expanded form
- couple daycouple day
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
옛 기사에는 2월 22일을 커플데이라고 소개한 내용이 있다.
An old article introduced February 22 as 커플데이.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “커플데이”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A name combining couple, meaning romantic partners, with day. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 58쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026