Korean slang profile

엠티

emti

An event where members of a department, club, or similar group spend time together to build friendships and unity.

Expanded form: 멤버십 트레이닝membership training
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Mar 22, 2024
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
동아리 엠티에서 처음 만난 회원들과 친해졌어.
At our club’s 엠티, I became friends with members I met for the first time.

02Documented history

March 2024세명대학교’s business administration department announced a departmental event, explaining the abbreviation’s full form and its purpose of building friendships.[1]

03Origin & word formation

Short for ‘멤버십 트레이닝’ (membership training). A 2024 source from 세명대학교 confirms this formation or explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The formation and usage were checked in the source. Who first coined it and when it was first used need further comparison.

04Sources

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

[경영학과] 모꼬지 (세명대학교)Published Mar 22, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026