Korean slang profile
리뷰깡
ribyukkang
A scheme of posting malicious reviews of competing businesses or similar targets and seeking food-cost refunds or other payments in exchange for deleting them.
A scheme of posting malicious reviews of competing businesses or similar targets and seeking food-cost refunds or other payments in exchange for deleting them.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Apr 6, 2022
- 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
가게가 리뷰깡 피해를 입었다는 보도를 봤어.
I saw a report about a shop being harmed by review extortion.
02Documented history
- 2022-04-06The SBS source used the expression ‘리뷰깡’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. The specific process of coining the expression could not be established. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
Usage was checked in the source, but the specific process of coining the expression and its first use could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 악성 리뷰 쓰고 "돈 주면 지워줄게"…'리뷰깡' 논란 (SBS)Published Apr 6, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026