Korean slang profile
넷파이
netpai
An internet-based spy
Someone who uses the internet to steal state or organizational secrets.
- Expanded form
- network + spynetwork + spy
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
정보 보안을 다룬 기사에서 넷파이의 활동을 설명했다.
The information-security article described 넷파이 activities.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “넷파이”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A blend of parts of network and spy. 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