Korean slang profile
피싱
pising
Phishing
Obtaining financial or personal information by impersonating a financial institution or well-known business.
- Expanded form
- private data + fishingprivate data + fishing
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- 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
은행을 사칭한 메일이 피싱으로 의심돼 직접 접속하지 않았다.
I suspected phishing in an email posing as a bank, so I did not follow its access link.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “피싱” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 presents it as a combination of private data and fishing. Its components and usage were checked within this source; its original creator and date of coinage have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 197 (printed page 173) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular. This was read in the section tracking the use of previously surveyed terms; it is not claimed to have originated in 2005.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026