Korean slang profile
주파라치
juparachi
Reward-seeking stock-violation reporter
People who report illegal stock trading or stock-price manipulation for rewards, or such activity.
- Expanded form
- 주 + paparazzi주 (stock) + paparazzi
- Other spellings
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- 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
증권 시장을 다룬 보도에 주파라치라는 표현이 등장했다.
주파라치 appeared in reporting about the securities market.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “주파라치”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Combines 주, representing shares, with part of paparazzi. 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, 54쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026