Korean slang profile
늦캉스족
neutkangseujok
People who take a late vacation after the busy peak season.
People who take a late vacation after the busy peak season.
- Expanded form
- 늦은 휴가 + 바캉스 + 족늦은 휴가 (late vacation) + 바캉스 (vacation) + 족 (group)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 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
우리는 숙소가 한산해질 때 떠나는 늦캉스족이야.
We’re 늦캉스족—we go when the accommodations are less crowded.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “늦은 휴가 + 바캉스 + 족”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 32쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026