Korean slang profile
이티켓
itiket
Electronic ticket
A travel or admission ticket issued and managed electronically instead of on paper.
- Expanded form
- electronic ticketelectronic ticket
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
예매한 공연의 이티켓을 휴대전화에서 확인했다.
I checked the 이티켓 for the performance I had booked on my phone.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “이티켓” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection gives e-ticket as a shortened form of electronic ticket and describes electronic tickets or airline-ticket-related documents received by email. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026