"A finger princess is the person in the group chat who asks questions that they could easily answer themselves. Oh, I know exactly who that is. Yes, everyone knows at least one: What time are we meeting tonight? What's the best way to get there? Am I bringing the pasta salad? Why don't they just scroll up through earlier messages? Or Google it?"
"It's just as much effort for you to find the info as it is for them. So they're just being lazy? They might not think so, but the name jokes that they're too precious to lift a finger to make a simple search. Where did it come from? Korea, originally finger princess is a direct translation of ping-peu. It's not only women, surely? No, you can also be a finger prince. Very modern."
A finger princess refers to a group-chat participant who repeatedly asks questions they could easily answer with a quick search or by scrolling earlier messages. The phrase is a literal translation of the Korean slang ping-peu and is gender-neutral; a finger prince is also possible. The label circulated after a Korean slang Instagram account and was picked up by outlets such as Self and Slate. Persistent reliance on others for simple information can indicate entitlement and the outsourcing of small tasks or emotional labour, while occasional help-seeking or requests for personal recommendations remain distinct.
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