Korean slang profile
캠버전
kaembeojeon
A secretly camera-recorded copy
A copy distributed after a film or performance is secretly recorded with a camcorder or digital camera.
- Expanded form
- camcorder / digital camera + versioncamcorder / digital camera + version
- 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
기사는 극장에서 불법 촬영한 캠버전의 유통 문제를 다뤘다.
The article covered distribution of 캠버전 illegally recorded in theaters.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “캠버전”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Combines 캠, shortened from recording-device names, with version. 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