Korean slang profile
직캠
jikcam
A fan-recorded performance video
Short for 직접 찍은 캠코더 영상, referring to footage someone records themselves at a performance or similar event.
- Expanded form
- 직접 찍은 캠코더 영상A fan-recorded performance video
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jan 26, 2015
- 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
어제 공연 직캠 올라왔더라.
Someone uploaded a fan-recorded video of yesterday's performance.
- Quoted from a source
직캠이란 ‘직접 찍은 캠코더 영상’의 줄임말이다[2]
직캠 is short for footage someone records directly with a camcorder.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Short for 직접 찍은 캠코더 영상, footage recorded directly by the person. A 2017 JoongAng Ilbo article explicitly gives the expansion. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [유튜브] 조회수 700만 돌파한 EXID 하니 '위아래' 직캠 살펴보니…섹시의 극치 (아주경제)Published Jan 26, 2015Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 페스티벌 시즌이 다가오면 나는 ‘대포’를 든다 (중앙일보)Published Sep 4, 2017Original source checked Nov 5, 2026