Korean slang profile
의자춤
uijachum
Dance using a chair
A dance performed using a chair as a prop.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
학교 축제 무대에서 의자춤을 준비했다.
We prepared 의자춤 for the school festival stage.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “의자춤” 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 defines it as dancing with a chair. The quoted usage is dated 2008, which is distinguished from the collection’s 2009 survey label. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
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. The collection quotes a usage example from an article dated 2008-12-31. This does not mean it originated or first became popular in 2009.
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