Korean slang profile
플랩북
peulraepbuk
Lift-the-flap book
A book where lifting part of a picture reveals related pictures or content beneath.
- Expanded form
- flap bookflap book
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
아이와 플랩북의 작은 그림을 하나씩 들춰 봤다.
I lifted the small pictures in the 플랩북 one by one with the child.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “플랩북”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
An English name for a book opened in parts by lifting flaps. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 65쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026