Korean slang profile
납스틱
napseutik
Lead-containing lipstick
A figurative name for lipstick containing lead.
- Expanded form
- 납 + lipsticklead + lipstick
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
보도에서는 성분 문제가 제기된 립스틱을 납스틱이라고 불렀다.
The report called lipstick whose ingredients had been questioned 납스틱.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “납스틱”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It is a blend adding the latter part of 립스틱 to 납. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 10월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026