Korean slang profile
프리허그
peuriheogeu
Campaign offering voluntary hugs
A campaign in which people voluntarily share hugs, including with strangers, to convey comfort and warmth.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 프리 허그
- Earliest source found
- Not verified
- 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
거리의 프리허그 행사에 동의한 사람들만 참여했다.
Only people who agreed participated in the street 프리허그 event.
02Documented history
- Date unknownThis source introduced “프리허그” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A Hankyung BUSINESS article explains Free Hugs as offering hugs without charge and introduces an Australian campaign reaching Korea. The exact date when the expression was first used has not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The screen displays an entry date of November 1, 2006, but without publication-date metadata the evidence-date field was left blank. The number 2021 in the URL was not used as the publication date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 한국 상륙한 프리허그 운동 (한경BUSINESS)Original source checked Nov 14, 2026