Korean slang profile
믿보돌
mitbodol
An idol trusted and expected to deliver good singing, dancing, or other performances.
An idol trusted and expected to deliver good singing, dancing, or other performances.
- Expanded form
- 믿고 보는 아이돌믿고 보는 아이돌 (an idol one watches with confidence)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 21, 2016
- 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
이번 무대도 완성도가 높아서 믿보돌이라는 말이 나왔다.
The stage was so polished again that people called them 믿보돌.
02Documented history
- 2016The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2016 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2016 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2016년 신어 조사 및 사용 주기 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 21, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026