Korean slang profile
다이어트폰
daieoteupon
A phone measuring body fat
A name used for a mobile phone with a body-fat measurement function.
- Expanded form
- diet + phonediet + phone
- 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
옛 휴대전화 소개 자료에서 다이어트폰이라는 제품을 보았다.
I saw a product called 다이어트폰 in old mobile-phone materials.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “다이어트폰” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as a mobile phone with a body-fat measurement function. 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. This names a product feature of the time, not evidence of measurement accuracy or weight-loss effects.
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