Korean slang profile
팩폭
paekpok
A blunt truth that stings
Short for 팩트 폭력, referring to bluntly stated facts that shock or hurt the person hearing them.
Caution: Do not use the claim of telling the truth to justify personal attacks or insults.
- Expanded form
- 팩트 폭력A blunt truth that stings
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2017
- Documented trend period
- Around 2017~
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
방금 그 말은 팩폭이었어.
That was a blunt truth that stung.
- Quoted from a source
팩폭 ‘팩트 폭력’이라는 뜻으로 사실을 가감 없이 말해[1]
팩폭 It means ‘fact violence’, telling the facts without adding or subtracting
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- 2017Data from the Korea Creative Content Agency introduced ‘팩폭’ as this year’s new word and explained its meaning as ‘fact violence’, which refers to words and actions that tell the truth without adding or subtracting, causing alarm and hurt to the listener.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for 팩트 폭력, literally fact violence. Korea Creative Content Agency material explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The source explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- N콘텐츠 2017년 11·12월호 Vol.03 — 2017년 장식한 화제의 용어 (한국콘텐츠진흥원)Published 2017Original source checked Nov 5, 2026