Korean slang profile
카파라치
kaparachi
Reward-seeking traffic-violation reporter
People who photograph and report traffic-law violations by vehicles for rewards, or such activity.
- Expanded form
- car + paparazzicar + paparazzi
- Other spellings
- 차파라치
- 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
당시 교통 보도는 신고 보상 제도를 설명하며 카파라치라는 말을 썼다.
Traffic reports of the time used 카파라치 to explain reporting rewards.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “카파라치”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A blend combining parts of car and paparazzi. The source also gives 차파라치 with the same meaning. 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