Korean slang profile
구석기폰
guseokgipon
A jokingly “prehistoric” basic phone
A figurative name for a phone with only basic functions compared with feature-rich modern phones.
- Expanded form
- 구석기 + phone구석기 (Paleolithic) + 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
통화만 되는 옛 휴대전화를 보고 친구가 구석기폰이라고 했다.
Seeing an old phone that only made calls, my friend called it 구석기폰.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “구석기폰” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as a metaphor for a device with minimal functions compared with cutting-edge phones. 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.
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