Korean slang profile
네파라치
neparachi
Online exposers of celebrity private lives
A term for someone secretly posting about famous people’s or celebrities’ private lives online.
- Expanded form
- netizen + paparazzinetizen + paparazzi
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
기사는 유명인의 사생활이 퍼지는 문제를 설명하며 네파라치라는 말을 썼다.
The article used 네파라치 when discussing the spread of celebrities’ private information.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “네파라치”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A name combining parts of netizen and paparazzi. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 21쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026