Korean slang profile
코드프리
kodeupeuri
Region-code-free playback
A state allowing video from other regions to be played without region-code restrictions.
- Expanded form
- code freecode free
- 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
옛 DVD 안내문에서 코드프리라는 표현의 뜻을 찾아봤다.
I looked up 코드프리 in an old DVD guide.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “코드프리”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
An English name expressing freedom from region-code restrictions. The source discusses DVDs and players. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
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, 58쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026