Korean slang profile
덕메
deongme
A fellow fan friend
A friend who shares your fandom activities.
- Expanded form
- 덕질 메이트A fellow fan friend
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jun 3, 2019
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
콘서트 같이 갈 덕메를 구했어.
I found a fellow fan to go to the concert with.
- Quoted from a source
반면 ‘덕질을 같이 하는 친구’라는 뜻의 ‘덕메(덕질 메이트)’라는 말도 많이 사용한다.[2]
덕메, or fandom mate, meaning a friend who shares your fan activities, is also widely used.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Short for “덕질 메이트.” The 2023 source from Edaily explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [영상]네오 기자의 뉴이스트 콘서트 브이로그 ｜ 이슈파이 ‘덕질학개론-실전편②’ (경향신문)Published Jun 3, 2019Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 팬아저? 영탁 "팬들의 아저씨 저장"[이연호의 신조어 나들이] (이데일리(네이트 뉴스 전재))Published Jun 19, 2023Original source checked Nov 5, 2026