Korean slang profile
사이버 레커
saibeo rekeo
A figurative name for a creator who rushes to piece together videos and material about online controversies to boost views.
A figurative name for a creator who rushes to piece together videos and material about online controversies to boost views.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 사이버레커, 사이버 렉카, 사이버렉카
- Earliest source found
- Apr 7, 2025
- 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
같은 소문을 되풀이한 사이버 레커 영상 대신 원문을 찾아봤다.
I sought the original source instead of watching 사이버 레커 videos repeating the same rumor.
02Documented history
- April 2025이투데이 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 explained it in 2025 as comparing YouTubers who make content as if rushing to the scene of a controversy to tow trucks. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [이투데이 말투데이] 정인매리(鄭人買履)/사이버 렉카 (이투데이)Published Apr 7, 2025Original source checked Nov 13, 2026