Korean slang profile
눈팅
nunting
Reading without posting online
Reading other people’s posts on an online message board without posting oneself.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
가입한 지 얼마 안 돼서 아직은 눈팅만 하고 있다.
Having joined recently, I’m still only 눈팅.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “눈팅” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection defines reading message-board posts without actively posting. It analyzes the ending as English-derived but does not further verify the specific coinage process. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified. The source’s analysis of the final word element needs comparison with an additional original source.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026