Korean slang profile
레캉스
rekangseu
A leisure-sports summer vacation
A summer vacation spent enjoying leisure sports.
- Expanded form
- leisure + vacanceleisure + vacance
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
올여름에는 물놀이와 야외 활동을 곁들인 레캉스를 계획했다.
This summer, I planned a 레캉스 with water play and outdoor activities.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “레캉스”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A blend combining parts of leisure and vacance. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 25쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026