Korean slang profile
크레디파라치
keurediparachi
Reward-seeking false-card-merchant reporter
People who find and report disguised credit-card merchants for rewards, or such activity.
- Expanded form
- credit card + paparazzicredit card + paparazzi
- Other spellings
- —
- 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 기사는 위장 가맹점 신고자를 크레디파라치라고 불렀다.
The article at the time called reporters of disguised merchants 크레디파라치.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “크레디파라치”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Combines parts of credit card and 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, 60쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026