Korean slang profile
계정 폭파
gyejeong pokpa
An exaggerated way to describe an online account being deleted or becoming unusable.
An exaggerated way to describe an online account being deleted or becoming unusable.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 계정폭파
- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- 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
계정 폭파 전에 사진부터 따로 저장해 뒀어.
I saved my photos separately before the account was deleted.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 18 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 18쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026