Korean slang profile
도네티즌
donetijeun
A donating netizen
A netizen participating in charitable giving online.
- Expanded form
- donation + netizendonation + netizen
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
작은 금액을 모으는 온라인 모금에 도네티즌들이 힘을 보탰다.
도네티즌 contributed to an online drive collecting small donations.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “도네티즌” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection combines donation, meaning charitable giving, with netizen. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026