Korean slang profile
벼룩책
byeorukchaek
A miniature book
A figurative name for a very small book.
- Expanded form
- 벼룩 + 책벼룩 (flea) + 책 (book)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
박물관에서 손가락보다 작은 벼룩책을 구경했다.
At the museum, I looked at a 벼룩책 smaller than a finger.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “벼룩책”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Compares the book’s very small size to a flea. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 31쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026