Korean slang profile
캠발
kaembal
How one comes across on camera
A term for how someone looks or the filming effect when captured by a webcam or camcorder.
- Expanded form
- camera + 발camera + 발 (effect)
- 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
화면 속 인상이 달라 보이는 것을 캠발에 빗대어 이야기했다.
We compared looking different onscreen to 캠발.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “캠발”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Adds 발, indicating an effect, to 캠, shortened from camera. 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, 57쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026