Korean slang profile
몰카
molka
Secret photography or filming
Taking photos or video without the other person noticing, or such filming.
- Expanded form
- 몰래카메라몰래카메라 (hidden camera)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
촬영이 허용되지 않은 곳에서 몰카를 찍으면 안 된다.
You must not take 몰카 in places where filming is not allowed.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “몰카” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection explains it as short for 몰래카메라. This is not a judgment of whether a particular filming act is illegal. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026