Korean slang profile

ㅍㅌ

Fact

The word 팩트 written using its initial consonants.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
ㅇㅈ, 이건 ㅍㅌ이야.
Agreed. That's a fact.
Quoted from a source
흡수력이 빠른 10대들은 'ㅇㄱㄹㅇ ㅍㅌ ㅂㅂㅂㄱ(이거레알 팩트 반박불가)'처럼 새로운 단어를 추가해 또 다른 신조어를 만들기까지 한다.[1]
Quick to pick things up, teenagers even create further expressions by combining shorthand, as in ㅇㄱㄹㅇ ㅍㅌ ㅂㅂㅂㄱ: “this is real, a fact, beyond dispute.”
English translation by Julimmal.

October 2015Quick to pick things up, teenagers even create further expressions by combining shorthand, as in ㅇㄱㄹㅇ ㅍㅌ ㅂㅂㅂㄱ: “this is real, a fact, beyond dispute.”[1]

Short for “팩트.” The 2015 source from News1 explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

One source explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.