Korean slang profile

반튀

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Leaving without interacting after agreeing to use informal speech with someone online.

Expanded form: 반모하고 튀기반모하고 튀기 (agree to informal speech and run off)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: May 18, 2021
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
반튀하지 말고 다음 영상에서도 이야기하자.
Don’t disappear after agreeing to chat casually; let’s talk on the next video too.

02Documented history

May 2021뉴스1 gave the explanation of 반튀 in the context of participants in informal-speech rooms promising to interact.[1]

03Origin & word formation

Short for ‘반모하고 튀기’ (agree to informal speech and run off). A 2021 source from 뉴스1 gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

One source explicitly gives this explanation. When it was first used is unknown.

04Sources

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

[뭐하고놀Z] 유튜브에서 '평생 친구' 찾는 10대들..“구알완! 반튀 안해요” (뉴스1)Published May 18, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026