Korean slang profile
포토러킹
potoreoking
Browsing strangers’ blog photographs
Browsing strangers’ blogs to look through their photographs.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 21, 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
사진을 찾다가 모르는 블로그까지 포토러킹을 하며 시간을 보냈다.
While looking for pictures, I spent time doing 포토러킹 on unfamiliar blogs.
02Documented history
- 2006-12-21This source introduced “포토러킹” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2006 Dong-A Ilbo article relays internet-related neologisms introduced by New Scientist through AFP reporting, giving the spelling photolurking and its meaning. The original coiner and date of use have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The article’s introduction of the term was checked. It was not verified as a medical diagnosis or an officially recognized classification, and the source is limited by its relaying of overseas reporting.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘인터넷중독’ 신조어…블로그 스트리킹 구글 스토킹 등 (동아일보)Published Dec 21, 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026