Korean slang profile
보드북
bodeubuk
Board book
A book with covers and pages made of thick paper so they are easy to turn and resist tearing.
- Expanded form
- board bookboard book
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
아기가 책장을 넘겨 볼 수 있도록 보드북을 펼쳤다.
I opened the 보드북 for the baby to turn its pages.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “보드북”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The English name for a book made thick like cardboard. The source describes a picture-book format for babies and toddlers. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 31쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026