What does paekpok mean in Korean?
팩폭 Paekpok
Also written: 팩트폭행 · 팩트 폭격
Meaning
Fact-punch; brutal honesty with receipts.
- When
- Appeared around 2016, peaked around 2018
- Heard in
- conversation, humor, social media
- Feels
- firm, humor
- Politeness
- Rude or crude in tone — fine with close friends, but avoid it with elders, teachers, or at work.
How Koreans use Paekpok
친구한테 팩폭 당했다.
Got paekpok'd by a friend.
따뜻한 팩폭 고마워.
Thanks for the warm paekpok.
Similar slang in other languages
- US English
- caught in 4K, receipts, savage, clapback
- Chinese (mainland)
- 嘴替