Korean slang profile
힙후프
hiphupeu
Street basketball with hip-hop music
A term for freely played street basketball accompanied by hip-hop music.
- Expanded form
- hiphop + hoophiphop + hoop
- 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
청소년 행사는 음악과 농구를 함께 즐기는 힙후프를 소개했다.
The youth event introduced 힙후프 combining music and basketball.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “힙후프”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A blend combining parts of hiphop and hoop. 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, 69쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026