Korean slang profile
이제이
ijei
A bar entertainer showing varied skills
An English abbreviation for someone mainly performing magic, games, and other skills for customers in bars.
- Expanded form
- Entertainment JockeyEntertainment Jockey
- Other spellings
- EJ
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
이제이가 마술을 선보이자 손님들이 박수를 보냈다.
Customers applauded when the 이제이 performed magic.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “이제이” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection gives EJ’s expanded English initials and defines someone doing that work. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026