Korean slang profile
펌플족
peompeuljok
Reposters who add comments
People who bring over other people’s online writing or material and add comments.
- Expanded form
- 펌 + reply + 족펌 (reposting) + reply + 족 (group)
- Other spellings
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- 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
글을 공유하고 의견을 덧붙이는 펌플족의 소통 방식을 살펴봤다.
We examined how 펌플족 communicate by sharing posts and adding opinions.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “펌플족” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection presents 펌 plus reply and also explains the name as combining 펌 and 리플. 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