Korean slang profile
플라이가이
peulraigai
An inflatable advertising figure
An advertising figure made by inflating a large human-shaped tube.
- Expanded form
- fly guyfly guy
- Other spellings
- 바람인형
- 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
행사장 앞에서 바람에 흔들리는 플라이가이를 봤다.
I saw a 플라이가이 swaying in the air outside the event venue.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “플라이가이”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Introduced as an air-inflated figure; the source also gives 바람인형 with the same meaning. 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