Korean slang profile
이티즌
itijeun
Online information user and consumer
An internet user who uses, buys, and consumes information.
- Expanded form
- Electronic + netizenElectronic + netizen
- Other spellings
- e-tizen
- 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
기사는 정보 소비자의 역할을 이야기하며 이티즌을 설명했다.
The article explained 이티즌 while discussing information consumers.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “이티즌”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Combines the initial E of Electronic with part of netizen. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
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. The head definition refers to web-surfing users, while the quoted explanation refers to buyers or consumers of information; both were considered when examining its scope.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 51쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026