Korean slang profile
인포테인먼트
inpoteinmeonteu
Information combined with entertainment
Programs or content pursuing both the delivery of information or knowledge and entertainment.
- Expanded form
- 정보·지식 + 오락정보·지식 + 오락 (information or knowledge + entertainment)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Aug 1998
- 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
과학 실험을 인포테인먼트 형식으로 소개했다.
I presented a science experiment in an 인포테인먼트 format.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The August 1998 issue of SBS 매거진 explains it as combining source words for information or knowledge and entertainment. The two source words are partly shortened and joined. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling, expanded form, and definition on PDF pages 33–34 (printed pages 35–36) were directly compared in extracted text and rendered images. The first use and the extent of spread in Korea remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 호기심 천국 — PDF 33~34쪽·인쇄 35~36쪽 (SBS 매거진 1998년 8월호)Published Aug 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026