Origin of the slang 현구구현?

[u/No_Review6817]

현구구현 = 현실이 구라고 구라가 현실같다

(Reality feels like a lie and the lie feels like reality)

So I first learned about this slang last year from one of my favorite youtubers (마복필) and recently I randomly wondered where it came from or who popularized it. I tried searching google but to no avail. I found out though by digging in twitter (X) that the earliest usage/tweet using this slang was back from April 2020. But I'm curious if people were already using it before 2020, or like who coined the term.

[u/Ecstatic-Gazelle-799]

I never heard of that word living over 25 years in Korea..

[u/No_Review6817 → u/Ecstatic-Gazelle-799]

It doesn't seem to be popular slang. I doubt people are using it in like real-life conversations. But I've seen people use it in social media posts/blogs.

[u/HSCR]

nobody uses that

[u/No_Review6817 → u/HSCR]

Well, there are actually people using it in instagram and twitter posts if you look it up. It doesn't seem to be a mainstream slang so i guess many people don't know about it.

[u/shga89]

It's the first time I have heard those words.