Korean slang profile
이기자
igija
A reporter drawing on internet posts
Someone who writes newspaper, magazine, or broadcast articles based on posts by internet users.
- Expanded form
- Electronic + 기자Electronic + 기자 (reporter)
- Other spellings
- e기자
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
인터넷의 글을 기사로 옮기는 이기자의 역할이 자료에 소개됐다.
The source introduced the 이기자’s role of turning internet posts into articles.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “이기자”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Pronounces the initial E of Electronic as 이 and combines it with 기자, reporter. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 50쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026