Korean slang profile
브이브이아이피
beuibeuiaipi
VVIP customer or person
An English abbreviation for customers or others more important than ordinary VIPs.
- Expanded form
- Very Very Important PersonVery Very Important Person
- Other spellings
- VVIP
- 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
매장은 브이브이아이피 고객을 위한 예약 상담을 운영했다.
The shop offered appointment consultations for 브이브이아이피 customers.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “브이브이아이피” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection pairs VVIP with its English expanded form and defines it as someone more important than a VIP. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
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