Tiếng Việt · Slang Attested

bóc phốt

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Meaning · English

To expose someone publicly with receipts — posting the evidence of shady behavior for the internet to judge.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tiết lộ ai đó công khai với bằng chứng — đăng tải bằng chứng về hành vi đáng ngờ để internet phán xét

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: peel the fault open

Where it’s used: Origin Mạng xã hội · Vietnamese internet culture

Examples

Shop bị khách bóc phốt giao thiếu hàng mà còn chặn tin nhắn.The shop got publicly exposed for short-shipping orders — then blocking the complaints.

Editorial example (batch 046)

Sources & notes

Discovered via slangviet.com (headword reference only; definition and example written independently for Idiomer). Retrieved 2026-08-05. Reference page: slangviet.com/phrases/boc-phot.

Topics: Gen Z slang

Common questions

What does “bóc phốt” mean?

To expose someone publicly with receipts — posting the evidence of shady behavior for the internet to judge. Literally: peel the fault open

Is “bóc phốt” formal or informal?

bóc phốt is generally informal.

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