Korean slang profile
LCD
lcd
Liquid-crystal display
An abbreviation for a liquid-crystal display showing text or images.
- Expanded form
- Liquid Crystal DisplayLiquid Crystal Display
- Other spellings
- 엘시디
- Earliest source found
- Oct 14, 2009
- 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
오래 쓴 LCD 모니터의 화면을 닦았다.
I wiped the screen of my long-used LCD monitor.
02Documented history
- 2009-10-14A 2009 Financial News article defines LCD as a liquid-crystal display. The expanded English form and same Korean definition were also directly compared in a 2010 Segye Ilbo article.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2009 Financial News article defines LCD as a liquid-crystal display. The expanded English form and same Korean definition were also directly compared in a 2010 Segye Ilbo article. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The formal name, definition, and independent abbreviation in the text were directly compared. The first naming and use have not been verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [크리에이티브 디지털 스토리] (28) 현대아이티 옥외용 LCD 사이니지 (파이낸셜뉴스·네이트 전재)Published Oct 14, 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- [‘넘버원 코리아’]1부 세계1등을 달린다<5> LCD (세계일보·네이트 전재)Published Apr 27, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026