Korean slang profile
부끄
bukkeu
A light “I’m embarrassed”
A short, light way to say one feels embarrassed or bashful.
- Expanded form
- 부끄럽다부끄럽다 (feel embarrassed or bashful)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
칭찬을 한꺼번에 받으니 조금 부끄.
Getting so many compliments at once makes me a little 부끄.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “부끄” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection explains it as a shortened 부끄럽다 used in broadcast captions or online. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026