Korean slang profile
실파라치
silparachi
Reward-seeking benefits-fraud reporter
Reporting fraudulent unemployment-benefit recipients for a reward, or someone who does so.
- Expanded form
- 실업 급여 + paparazzi실업 급여 (unemployment benefits) + paparazzi
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- 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
실업 급여 부정 수급 관련 기사에서 실파라치라는 표현을 봤다.
I saw 실파라치 in an article about unemployment-benefit fraud.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “실파라치” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Formed by retaining parts of “실업 급여 (unemployment benefits) + paparazzi”. The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 lists this headword and its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 50 (printed page 26) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026