Korean slang profile
물뺑
mulppaeng
Short for damaging someone else’s property with a vehicle and leaving without notifying them.
Short for damaging someone else’s property with a vehicle and leaving without notifying them.
- Expanded form
- 물적 피해 뺑소니물적 피해 뺑소니 (property-damage hit-and-run)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2015
- 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
주차된 차의 피해를 다룬 기사에서 물뺑이라는 표현을 봤다.
I saw the term 물뺑 in an article about damage to a parked car.
02Documented history
- 2015-12-10The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어” explains “물뺑” in connection with “물적 피해 뺑소니”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 131; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2015년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2015Original source checked Nov 14, 2026