Korean slang profile
디카폰
dikapon
Digital-camera phone
A mobile phone with a built-in digital-camera function.
- Expanded form
- 디지털 카메라 폰디지털 카메라 폰 (digital camera phone)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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 찍을 수 있는 디카폰을 처음 샀던 때가 기억난다.
I remember first buying a 디카폰 that could take photographs.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “디카폰” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection presents a shortened combination of parts of Digital Camera Phone. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026