Korean slang profile
사이버스타
saibeoseuta
Real person achieving online stardom
An actual person who debuts through an audition or contest streamed live online and gains popularity online.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Aug 22, 1998
- 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
기사는 온라인 오디션을 거친 사이버스타의 활동을 소개했다.
The article introduced the activities of a 사이버스타 who had come through an online audition.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
An 전자신문 article dated 1998-08-22 introduced this expression and the relevant usage. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The independent spelling and definition in one article of the time were directly read. Its checked publication date is not the date of coinage or first popularity, and the extent of popular spread was not verified. This is the usage for an actual person debuting through an online audition or similar route. It is distinguished from the virtual-character usage separately introduced earlier in the article and from a virtual 사이버가수.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [사이버 월드] 사이버 스타 인기대결 (전자신문)Published Aug 22, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026