Korean slang profile
빗장풀기
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Removing playback-region restrictions
A Korean alternative for 코드프리, meaning removal of playback-region restrictions set on video media and similar material.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2006
- 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
기기 설명에서 빗장풀기가 코드프리를 뜻한다는 것을 알았다.
The device description taught me that 빗장풀기 means code-free playback.
02Documented history
- 2006This source introduced “빗장풀기” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A paper in a 2006 National Institute of Korean Language publication presents 빗장풀기 as an alternative to 코드프리 and analyzes the combination of 빗장 and 풀기. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in the body of the official publication was directly checked. This paper analyzes survey material from 2002–2005, so it does not mean the expression first arose in 2006.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 최근 신어의 조어적 특징 — 새국어생활 제16권 제4호 (국립국어원)Published 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026