Korean slang profile
보조개사과
bojogaesagwa
Apples marked by hail or heavy rain
A term formerly used for apples with indentations in parts of their surface caused by hail or heavy rain.
- Expanded form
- 보조개 + 사과dimple + apple
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
가게는 표면에 작은 자국이 있는 보조개사과를 소개했다.
The shop introduced 보조개사과 with small marks on their surfaces.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “보조개사과”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The name likens the shape of small marks on apples to facial dimples. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 10월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026