Korean slang profile
폴짝춤
poljjakchum
Hopping dance with figure-eight stick movements
A term formerly used for a dance involving hopping while swinging a fluorescent-colored stick in a figure-eight pattern.
- Expanded form
- 폴짝 + 춤hop + dance
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
옛 무대 영상을 소개하는 글에 폴짝춤이라는 이름이 나왔다.
An article introducing an old stage video used the name 폴짝춤.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “폴짝춤”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It was named for the hopping movements while describing singer Chae Yeon’s dance. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 6월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026