Korean slang profile
필카
pilka
Film-camera abbreviation
A shortened name for a camera that takes photographs on film.
- Expanded form
- 필름 카메라film camera
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2006
- 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
이번 산책에는 필카를 들고 나갔다.
I took my 필카 on this walk.
02Documented history
- 2006This source introduced “필카” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2006 National Institute of Korean Language paper analyzes it as a blend combining the beginnings of film camera. An MBC report from 2007 also explicitly calls it an abbreviation of 필름 카메라. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The 2006 analytical paper and the publicly available script of a 2007 broadcast report were both checked. The audio of the broadcast video was not directly checked.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 최근 신어의 조어적 특징 — 새국어생활16권4호 (국립국어원)Published 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- 필름 카메라 부활 (MBC 뉴스데스크)Published Apr 7, 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026