Korean slang profile
올드팝
oldeupap
Older American pop songs
Older songs from pop music that was popular in the United States.
- Expanded form
- old + popold + pop
- 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
라디오에서 흘러나온 올드팝을 따라 불렀다.
I sang along to the 올드팝 playing on the radio.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “올드팝” 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 presents pop as a shortened form of pop song and explains 올드팝 as a name for older pop music. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
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.
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