Korean slang profile
불펌
bulpeom
Unauthorized copying or reposting
Taking another person’s writing or material unchanged without permission.
- Expanded form
- 불법 + 퍼 옴불법 (illegal) + 퍼 옴 (reposting)
- 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
사진을 공유하기 전에 불펌이 되지 않도록 허락을 구했다.
Before sharing the photo, I asked permission to avoid 불펌.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “불펌” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection gives illegal plus reposting and defines it as taking writing or material without permission. 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. The collection omits article examples for this entry, so the headword, source-language form, and definition serve as the evidence.
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