noun Pop Culture

Photocard

/ˈfoʊ.toʊ.kɑːrd/ · noun · slang

A collectible idol trading card hidden in albums — the lifeblood of K-pop merch trading.

0

Definitions

1

A unit of fandom currency in the buying, selling, and trading economy around K-pop merch.

“Her photocard goes for fifty dollars on the resale market.”
by community
0
2

Short-handed as 'pc' in trade posts and want-to-buy listings.

“WTB Seventeen pc, DM me your prices.”
by community
0
3

A small collectible card featuring an idol, randomly included in physical albums, that fans collect and trade.

“I bought three copies just to pull my bias's photocard.”
by community
0

Photocard In A Sentence

pulled a duplicate again, the photocard gods hate me
my photocard collection is worth more than my car at this point
shipping a photocard like it's a newborn, toploader and all

Origin & Usage

A K-pop merchandising invention that turned album inserts into a global trading-card economy; the term is a straightforward English compound used by international fans.

Variants pcphotocardpob photocard
Tags #kpop#stan#pop#fandom

People Also Ask

What is a photocard?

It's a small collectible card of an idol randomly included in K-pop albums that fans collect, trade, and resell.

Why are some photocards so expensive?

Rarity drives it — limited or exclusive cards of popular members can resell for hundreds because they're hard to pull.

What does pc mean in K-pop?

'PC' is shorthand for photocard, used constantly in trade and sale posts like 'WTB' or 'WTS pc.'

Comments 0