Korean slang profile
펭귄 부부
penggwin bubu
A couple who organize family life, including food and leisure, around their young children.
A couple who organize family life, including food and leisure, around their young children.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 펭귄부부
- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- 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
휴가 장소도 아이에 맞춰 고르는 펭귄 부부를 소개했어.
The article introduced a 펭귄 부부 who even choose vacation spots to suit their child.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 63 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 63쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026