Korean slang profile
멧챠 카멜레온
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A game hiding a character colored to match its surroundings, or a real-world activity imitating it.
A game hiding a character colored to match its surroundings, or a real-world activity imitating it.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 멧챠카멜레온, 현실판 멧챠 카멜레온
- Earliest source found
- Jul 26, 2026
- 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
책장 한쪽에 멧챠 카멜레온 캐릭터를 숨겨봤다.
I tried hiding a 멧챠 카멜레온 character on one side of a bookshelf.
02Documented history
- July 2026동아일보 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
동아일보 explained in 2026 that videos of making the game’s character from paper, clay, or other materials and hiding it in real spaces had spread. Who first created the real-world activity could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- “어, 저건?” 건물 벽-마트에 숨었다…현실로 나온 ‘멧챠 카멜레온’ [트렌디깅] (동아일보)Published Jul 26, 2026Original source checked Nov 13, 2026