Korean slang profile
스포츠케이션
seupocheukeisyeon
Combining sports activities or spectating with travel and rest.
Combining sports activities or spectating with travel and rest.
- Expanded form
- sports(스포츠) + vacation(휴가)sports (스포츠) + vacation (휴가)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 5, 2025
- 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
야구 경기를 보고 근처에서 쉬는 스포츠케이션을 계획했어.
I planned a 스포츠케이션 to watch baseball and relax nearby.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Yonhap News gives Sports and Vacation while introducing hotel packages combining sports and rest. An earlier article that year used the term for combining training and local tourism. When it was first coined could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the source. Who coined the expression and when could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 동계전지훈련 115개팀 유치 남해군 '스포츠케이션' 중심지 부상 | 연합뉴스 (연합뉴스)Published Mar 5, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026
- 롯데호텔앤리조트, 스포츠와 휴식 결합한 '스포츠케이션' 선보여 | 연합뉴스 (연합뉴스)Published Jul 29, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026