Korean slang profile
딸친아
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Daughter’s friend’s father
One’s daughter’s friend’s father, used when discussing comparisons with other fathers.
- Expanded form
- 딸 친구 아빠daughter’s friend’s father
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
딸친아와 비교하기보다 각자 잘하는 일을 인정해 주면 좋겠다.
Instead of comparing someone with 딸친아, I wish we would recognize what each person does well.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “딸친아”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It abbreviates 딸 친구 아빠 by taking the first syllable of each word. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 9월 1주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026