Korean slang profile
이엔지 카메라
ienji kamera
Mobile news-gathering camera
A name containing an abbreviation for a news camera allowing its operator to film while moving.
- Expanded form
- Electronic News Gathering cameraElectronic News Gathering camera
- Other spellings
- ENG 카메라
- Earliest source found
- Dec 31, 2000
- 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
취재진이 이엔지 카메라를 들고 현장으로 갔다.
The reporting crew took an 이엔지 카메라 to the scene.
02Documented history
- 2000The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “이엔지 카메라”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』. The expanded form or corresponding name given by the collection is “Electronic News Gathering camera”. The first coiner and actual first use have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definition, expanded form, or paired name in the official collection of the time was checked. This relies on a single source; the original re-quoted articles, first coinage, and current range of use require separate verification.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2000년 신어, 본문 248쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 31, 2000Original source checked Nov 15, 2026