Korean slang profile
정통부
jeongtongbu
Former information and communication ministry
A former shortened name for 정보 통신부, a former central administrative agency.
- Expanded form
- 정보 통신부정보 통신부 (Ministry of Information and Communication)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 2001
- 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
정통부 시절에 작성된 자료를 찾아봤다.
I looked up material written during the 정통부 period.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “정통부”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source gives the abbreviated structure of “정보 통신부 (Ministry of Information and Communication)” and the meaning of “정통부” together. This was checked in the body of the 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definitions in the body of the 2001 collection were compared. The collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. The original older articles re-quoted there were not separately opened, and neither the first use date nor the extent of spread at the time was verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 318쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026