🪩 Lifestyle🌀 Blended word⚪ Neutral
🇰🇷 South Korea
📅캘박
/kael-bak/
캘박 (kael-bak) means to lock an event into your calendar so you will not forget it. It comes from 캘린더, “calendar,” plus 박제, “to pin/preserve,” and is used when a plan, release date, meeting, or promise is basically confirmed.
Examples
2- "The concert ticketing opens next Tuesday at 8 p.m. Put it in your calendar now."
- "Team dinner is Friday. Everyone lock it in, no excuses later."
🌀 Multiple origins🌀 MultipleFirst seen 2020
Origin · Source
The exact first use is unclear, but 캘박 likely spread through KakaoTalk, social media, fandom schedules, school/work chats, and event announcements where people needed a short way to say “save this in your calendar.” The word combines 캘린더 (calendar) with 박제, a Korean internet expression for pinning or preserving something so it cannot be missed.
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