Korean slang profile
온택트
ontaekteu
Meeting and participating together through online connections while physically apart.
Meeting and participating together through online connections while physically apart.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 5, 2024
- 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
멀리 사는 친구들과 온택트 독서 모임을 열었다.
I held an 온택트 book club with friends who live far away.
02Documented history
- March 2024이투데이 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 explained in 2024 a trend of meeting online, adding 온, meaning connection, to 언택트. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [이투데이 말투데이] 삼라만상(森羅萬象)/온택트 (이투데이)Published Mar 5, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026