Korean slang profile

플러팅

peulleoting

Showing affection or interest toward someone through words, looks, gestures, or similar actions.

Expanded form: Not documented
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Feb 9, 2025
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
나를 보며 자꾸 웃는 건 플러팅일까, 그냥 친절한 걸까.
Is that person smiling at me all the time 플러팅, or just being friendly?

02Documented history

February 2025The article explained the borrowed slang for showing interest by comparing it with the Korean expression 추파.[1]

03Origin & word formation

A 2025 Kyunghyang Shinmun column gives examples such as smiling with one’s eyes and responding enthusiastically, explaining use for showing interest in someone of the opposite sex. How the English expression first became established in this Korean usage could not be determined.

Evidence for the origin explanationLow

The explanation and usage were checked directly, but who coined the expression and when could not be established.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

[한입 우리말]‘추파’와 ‘플러팅’ - 경향신문 (경향신문)Published Feb 9, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026