Korean slang profile

사이버불링

saibeobulling

Collectively ostracizing or persistently harassing a specific person through digital media.

Expanded form: Not documented
Other spellings: 사이버 불링
Earliest source found: Feb 24, 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
수업에서 사이버불링 사례와 대응 방법을 토론했다.
In class, we discussed cases of 사이버불링 and ways to respond.

02Documented history

February 2025이투데이 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]

03Origin & word formation

이투데이 explained in 2025 that this harassment takes forms such as malicious online comments and spreading humiliating photographs. Who first used the expression 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] 하학상달(下學上達)/사이버 불링 (이투데이)Published Feb 24, 2025Original source checked Nov 13, 2026