Korean slang profile

캄테크

kamtekeu

Technology quietly adding convenience to daily life without users being very conscious of it.

Expanded form: 캄(calm) + 테크(tech)캄(calm) + 테크(tech) (calm + tech)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Nov 30, 2017
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
사람의 움직임에 맞춰 조명이 켜지는 가구를 캄테크 사례로 소개했다.
Furniture with lights that respond to movement was presented as 캄테크.

02Documented history

November 2017The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2017년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2017Original source checked Nov 14, 2026