Korean slang profile

데테크

detekeu

Saving on phone bills by managing mobile data use.

Expanded form: 데이터 + 테크데이터 (data) + 테크 (tech)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Dec 20, 2013
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
데이터 사용 내역을 살펴보며 데테크를 시작했어.
I started 데테크 by looking over my data usage.

02Documented history

2013-12-20“2013년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2013년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its source-language information and definition identify the words that make up the expression. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 26 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 69.

04Sources

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

2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 26쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026