Korean slang profile

꽃캉스

kkotkangseu

A vacation spent viewing flowers.

Expanded form: 꽃 + 바캉스(vacance)꽃 + 바캉스(vacance) (flowers + vacation)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Dec 10, 2019
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
개화 시기에 맞춰 꽃캉스를 떠나 사진을 찍었다.
I took a 꽃캉스 during blooming season and took photos.

02Documented history

December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

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

2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026