Korean slang profile
코칭맘
kochingmam
Mother who supports independent study
A mother who teaches and supports her child in learning how to study independently.
- Expanded form
- coaching + momcoaching + mom
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
답을 알려주기보다 공부 계획을 함께 짜는 코칭맘이 되고 싶다.
I want to be a 코칭맘 who plans study with my child instead of giving the answers.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “코칭맘” 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 mother who teaches and supports her child’s self-directed learning. 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