Korean slang profile

폰꾸

ponkku

Personalizing a phone

Decorating a phone to suit your taste with stickers or accessories.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
새 휴대전화 케이스에 스티커를 붙이며 폰꾸를 했어.
I decorated my new phone case with stickers.
Quoted from a source
후면 카메라를 취향대로 꾸미는 '폰꾸'가[1]
‘폰꾸’ allows you to customize the rear camera to your liking.
English translation by Julimmal.

2025-11-30They said it was ugly... The meaning of this expression was explained in the iPhone 17 Pro 폰꾸 trend.[1]

iNews24 describes decorating the back of a phone to suit personal taste. Who first shortened the phrase and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The explanation is explicit but rests on a single source. Who first used the term has not been verified.

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