Korean slang profile
박스폰
bakseupon
An activated but unused boxed phone
A mobile phone activated but never actually used, remaining in its packaging.
- Expanded form
- box + phonebox + phone
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
중고 기기 설명에 사용하지 않은 박스폰이라고 적혀 있었다.
The used-device description called it an unused 박스폰.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “박스폰” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as a phone left packaged because it was activated but not used. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026