Korean slang profile
누브라
nubeura
Strapless adhesive bra
An adhesive bra worn attached to the body without shoulder straps.
- Expanded form
- nude brassierenude brassiere
- Other spellings
- nubra
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
어깨가 드러나는 옷을 입을 때 누브라를 골랐다.
I chose a 누브라 when wearing an off-the-shoulder outfit.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “누브라” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection presents a shortened form of nude brassiere and defines it as a strapless adhesive bra. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026