Korean slang profile
보라해
borahae
A fandom greeting expressing trust and a wish to love someone for a long time.
A fandom greeting expressing trust and a wish to love someone for a long time.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jun 1, 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
오랫동안 함께해 준 친구에게 고맙고 보라해라고 전했어.
I told a friend who had stayed by me for years, ‘Thank you, and 보라해.’
02Documented history
- June 2021이투데이 reported the fandom greeting’s meaning and a 2016 fan-meeting account in news about a trademark application.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 reports that BTS’s V created the expression at a 2016 fan meeting, explaining purple as trusting and loving one another for a long time. The article’s origin account was checked, but the event video or original first statement was not confirmed.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
An explanation or context showing the meaning was checked, but the available evidence does not establish the first user.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 랜선핫이슈 P4G 정상회의 소개 영상에 평양 등장·BTS 보라해 상표권 포기한 네일 업체 外 (이투데이)Published Jun 1, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026