Korean slang profile

폴꾸

polkku

Decorating Polaroid photos to one’s taste by adding stickers and similar materials.

Expanded form: 폴라로이드 꾸미기Polaroid decorating
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Apr 7, 2024
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
여행 사진으로 폴꾸를 해서 수첩에 붙였어.
I did 폴꾸 with a travel photo and put it in my notebook.

02Documented history

April 2024서울경제 introduced Polaroid decorating as one way of styling possessions to personal taste.[1]

03Origin & word formation

Short for ‘폴라로이드 꾸미기’ (Polaroid decorating). A 2024 source from 서울경제 confirms this formation or explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The formation and usage were checked in the source. Who first coined it and when it was first used need further comparison.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

“한소희 가방 어디꺼야?”···‘폰꾸’ ‘다꾸’에 이어 요즘 대세는 ‘백꾸’[이슈, 풀어주리] (서울경제)Published Apr 7, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026