Korean slang profile
소셜 기프팅
sosyeol gipeuting
A transaction made through a social network to send someone a gift.
A transaction made through a social network to send someone a gift.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 소셜기프팅
- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- 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
소셜 기프팅으로 멀리 사는 친구에게 작은 선물을 보냈어.
I sent a small gift to a friend living far away through 소셜 기프팅.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 39 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 39쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026