All ARMYs know that BTS members are as close as family after more than a decade of working together. But not only are the members like siblings, but their parents also consider the members as their own children and love them.

In particular, there is an anecdote related to Jungkook's famous nickname that shows the adorable relationship between family members. What's worth noting here is that Jungkook's nickname was given by SUGA's father and it describes him more accurately than any other words.

Below is a sweet story between Jungkook and SUGA's father that many fans may not know:

Well, for Kpop fans in general or ARMYs in particular, in addition to the idols' stage names, there are many nicknames born during their activities. It can be given by members or fans. Jungkook is no exception, typically Jungkook has lovely nicknames like Golden Maknae, JK, Kookie, Jungkookie,.. and fans also like to call Jungkook by these nicknames because it seems to bring a feeling of closeness. 

The common point of these names is that they all relate to a characteristic of him or reveal his uniqueness. However, to find the most accurate nickname to describe Jungkook, perhaps "Soondoongie" must be mentioned. It is a famous nickname among fans and ARMYs love to call Jungkook by this nickname. Especially when he found out that SUGA's father was the one who gave him this nickname, it became an even more viral.

Specifically, the birth of this nickname was revealed by BTS members during a TMI conversation. According to BTS, SUGA's father often does not call Jungkook by his real name but calls Jungkook as "Soondoongie". In Korean, the meaning of this word comes from a word used to describe a pure and gentle person.

Surely SUGA's father, after many interactions with Jungkook, felt that he was a young man with a kind heart, good attitude and manners. He was so impressed by his genuine personality that he liked to call Jungkook by that adorable nickname. On the other hand, fans also agree the nickname perfectly describes this warm-hearted superstar - someone who treats everyone he meets with kindness and never disappoints with his personality.

It's interesting that SUGA's dad gave Jungkook the perfect nickname and fans loved it too. Fans realized that SUGA's father, like them, was conquered by his pure heart. Not only that, fans also enjoy witnessing the closeness between the members and each other's families. The members' parents love the other members like their own children and are not afraid to show them affection.

On the contrary, Jungkook also loves SUGA's father very much, imitating his "satoori" (regional dialect) accent many times. It's even so similar that it makes the other members surprised and laugh every time he shows off this "talent".

Finally, “Soondoongie” was added to the list of top nicknames for Jungkook and fans are very excited about this story:

- yoongi's dad was so right when he called jungkook soondongie like he's such a sweetheart he's just so genuinely nice

- That's interesting! I love how BTS and their families have such a strong bond.

- yoongi's dad called jungkookie soondongie = pure, soft

- yoongi’s dad is so endearing he calls yoongi songwol and now kook as soondongie

- jungkook and yoongi's dad, a never ending saga (literally)

- jungkook ever imitating yoongi's dad made it to in the seom y'all this is so funny aksjsksl

- never getting over how yoongi's dad calls jungkook "soondoongie" meaning pure/gentle/soft-hearted. seriously nobody as endearing as him and he does it so easily because it's just him. unapologetically being himself.

- he knows he's baby

- This is the most accurate nickname to ever exist.

- You hating them won’t effect how close they all are in person.

- the whole min вlσσdline loving jungkook

- ya’ll just know that yoongi’s dad was so hyped when jungkook took the stage.