Korean slang profile
오분백
obunbaek
A luxury bag so common that one frequently sees other people carrying it.
A luxury bag so common that one frequently sees other people carrying it.
- Expanded form
- 오 분 + bag오 분 (five minutes) + bag
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 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
거리에 같은 가방이 많이 보여 오분백이라는 말이 나왔대.
They say the term 오분백 came about because so many people on the street had the same bag.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “오 분 + bag”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 49쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026