Korean slang profile
BM
BM
An abbreviation for the business model a game company uses to generate revenue.
An abbreviation for the business model a game company uses to generate revenue.
- Expanded form
- 비즈니스 모델비즈니스 모델 (business model)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 8, 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
이 게임의 BM이 배틀패스 중심으로 바뀌었대.
They say this game’s BM has shifted toward battle passes.
02Documented history
- March 2021아이뉴스24 gave BM alongside game companies’ business models, covering randomized items and battle passes as examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
아이뉴스24 expands BM as ‘비즈니스 모델’ (business model). This source does not establish the expanded English form or who first used the abbreviation and when.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean explanation and usage were checked in the source. The expanded English form and how it was first coined could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- '확률형 아이템' 갈등 심화되자…'배틀패스' 부상 (아이뉴스24)Published Mar 8, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026