Korean slang profile
바프
bapeu
Short for a body-profile photo shoot recording one’s physique in photographs.
Short for a body-profile photo shoot recording one’s physique in photographs.
- Expanded form
- 바디 프로필바디 프로필 (body profile)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 19, 2023
- 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
이번에 찍은 바프 사진을 앨범에 정리했다.
I organized my recent body-profile photos in an album.
02Documented history
- 2023-03-19The 한겨레 source used the expression ‘바프’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source explains it as ‘바디 프로필’ (body profile). Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘#운동스타그램’하는 마음…“나 계속 수련하고 있어요” (한겨레)Published Mar 19, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026