Korean slang profile

걸페미

geolpemi

A teenage girl who is a feminist.

Expanded form: 걸(girl) + 페미니스트(feminist)걸(girl) + 페미니스트(feminist) (girl + feminist)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Nov 30, 2018
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
청소년 여성의 독서 문화를 다룬 글에서 걸페미라는 표현을 읽었다.
I read 걸페미 in an article on teenage girls' reading culture.

02Documented history

November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

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

2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026