Korean slang profile
마리텔
maritel
Short for ‘마이 리틀 텔레비전’.
Short for MBC's ‘마이 리틀 텔레비전’, a variety show with individual broadcasts by its guests.
- Expanded form
- 마이 리틀 텔레비전마이 리틀 텔레비전 (My Little Television)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 22, 2016
- 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
마리텔에서는 시청자들의 채팅에 출연자가 바로 반응했다.
On 마리텔, guests responded directly to viewers' chat messages.
02Documented history
- November 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
오에스이엔 uses ‘마이 리틀 텔레비전’ alongside ‘마리텔’ when introducing a year-end recap broadcast. When the abbreviation was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were compared with the source text. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘마리텔’ 2016 결산 특집 꾸민다…12월 10일 방송 (OSEN)Published Nov 22, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026