Korean slang profile
사우나
sauna
“Let’s share love and friendship”
An expression used at social gatherings meaning “let’s share love and friendship.”
- Expanded form
- 사랑과 우정을 나누자사랑과 우정을 나누자 (let’s share love and friendship)
- Other spellings
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- 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
친구들과 건배할 때 사우나라고 외쳤다.
When toasting with friends, we shouted 사우나.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “사우나” 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 explains an abbreviation sounding like the bathing facility sauna, with that call to share love and friendship. 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