Korean slang profile
어울통신
eoultongsin
Korean alternative for roaming
A Korean alternative to 로밍, using interconnected telecommunications operators’ networks to access services in other regions.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2006
- 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
해외 통신 안내에서 어울통신이 로밍을 뜻한다는 것을 알았다.
An overseas-communications guide taught me that 어울통신 means roaming.
02Documented history
- 2006This source introduced “어울통신” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A paper in a 2006 National Institute of Korean Language publication presents it as an alternative to 로밍 and explains that 통신 is added to the stem of 어울다, an older form of 어우르다. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and explanation of the components were checked in the official paper. Its subjects were expressions surveyed in 2002–2005; the publication year does not establish their year of origin.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 최근 신어의 조어적 특징 — 새국어생활 제16권 제4호 (국립국어원)Published 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026