Korean slang profile
EnQ
enq
Ability to entertain expressed as a quotient
An expression likening the ability to entertain others to a quotient.
- Expanded form
- Entertainment QuotientEntertainment Quotient
- Other spellings
- 엔큐, 엔터테인먼트 지수
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
행사를 기획하는 동아리에서는 분위기를 살리는 EnQ도 중요하게 여겼다.
Our event-planning club also valued EnQ, the ability to enliven the atmosphere.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “EnQ”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It shortens Entertainment Quotient, a name modeled on IQ. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 10월 3주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026