Korean slang profile
룩보드
rukbodeu
Portable illuminated advertising board
A small illuminated advertising board that can be carried by a person or moved on a vehicle.
- Expanded form
- look boardlook board
- 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
행사장 입구에서 룩보드를 든 안내원을 만났다.
I met a guide holding a 룩보드 at the event entrance.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “룩보드”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It is introduced as a name for a lightweight, movable illuminated advertising board. 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 7월 3주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026