Korean slang profile
담파라치
damparachi
Reward-seeking cigarette-litter reporter
People who photograph and report discarded cigarette butts for rewards, or such activity.
- Expanded form
- 담배 + paparazzi담배 (cigarette) + paparazzi
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
당시 보도는 담배꽁초 투기 신고자를 담파라치라고 소개했다.
Reports of the time introduced cigarette-litter reporters as 담파라치.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “담파라치”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Combines the beginning of 담배 with part of paparazzi. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
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, 22쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026