Korean slang profile

CD

Compact disc

An abbreviation for a compact disc used to store data.

Expanded form: 콤팩트디스크콤팩트디스크 (compact disc)
Other spellings: 시디
Earliest source found: Nov 12, 2008
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
오래된 사진 파일을 담아 둔 CD를 찾았다.
I found a CD holding old photo files.

02Documented history

2008-11-12Yonhap News wrote compact disc and CD together while describing media containing data.[2]
Source with unverified publication dateThe National Tax Service’s computer-media submission guide pairs CD with compact disc and presents it as a medium submitted with data.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Tax Service’s computer-media submission guide pairs CD with compact disc and presents it as a medium submitted with data. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The formal name, definition, and independent abbreviation in the text were directly compared. The first naming and use have not been verified. An earlier article was also directly opened to compare the spelling, context, and publication-date metadata and move firstSeen earlier. The institution’s onscreen creation date 2009-10-16 was retained only in the research record, and its date field was omitted. firstSeen is the directly checked 2008 Yonhap News article date.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2010년1월 이후 거래분부터 적용되는 세금계산서합계표 전산매체 제출요령(자가개발자용) (국세청)Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
“수능 문제 넘겨주겠다” 거액 요구 (연합뉴스)Published Nov 12, 2008Original source checked Nov 14, 2026