Korean slang profile
꽃청춘
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Short for ‘꽃보다 청춘’.
Short for tvN's ‘꽃보다 청춘’, a variety show following guests on their travels.
- Expanded form
- 꽃보다 청춘꽃보다 청춘 (youth more beautiful than flowers)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Feb 19, 2016
- 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
꽃청춘을 보고 나도 친구들과 여행을 가고 싶어졌다.
Watching 꽃청춘 made me want to travel with my friends.
02Documented history
- February 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The 스포츠서울 article uses the program title ‘꽃보다 청춘’ alongside its abbreviation. Who created the abbreviation and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The full title and abbreviation were compared in the original. This is the examined source's publication date, not the abbreviation's creation date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘꽃보다 청춘-아프리카’ 고경표, ‘꽃청춘’ 출연 사실에 눈물 흘린 이유는? (스포츠서울)Published Feb 19, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026