Korean slang profile
북크로싱
bukkeurosing
Passing books on to new readers
Passing a book one has read to others so multiple people can read it in turn.
- Expanded form
- book crossingbook crossing
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
책에 짧은 메시지를 붙여 북크로싱에 참여했다.
I joined 북크로싱 by attaching a short message to a book.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “북크로싱” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as circulating books and introduces leaving books and messages in public places for the next reader. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
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