Korean slang profile
보또 커플
botto keopeul
Two people so likable together that viewers want to keep watching them.
Two people so likable together that viewers want to keep watching them.
- Expanded form
- 보고 또 보고 싶은 커플보고 또 보고 싶은 커플 (a couple one wants to see again and again)
- Other spellings
- 보또커플
- Earliest source found
- Dec 20, 2013
- 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
둘의 자연스러운 호흡 덕분에 보또 커플이라는 반응이 나왔어.
Their natural chemistry led people to call them a 보또 커플.
02Documented history
- 2013-12-20“2013년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2013년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. It describes it as short for “보고 또 보고 싶은 커플”. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 36 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 69.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 36쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026