Korean slang profile

안닦

andak

Short for a cloth or similar item used to clean eyeglass lenses.

Expanded form: 안경닦이안경닦이 (eyeglass cleaning cloth)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Dec 5, 2012
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
렌즈가 흐려서 가방에서 안닦을 꺼냈어.
My lenses were cloudy, so I took an eyeglass cloth out of my bag.

02Documented history

2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. It describes it as a shortened form of “안경닦이”. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 45 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 45쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026