Korean slang profile
PEET
peet
The historical pharmacy-eligibility test
An abbreviation used for a test assessing the basic ability and aptitude needed for pharmaceutical education. This covers the test name described in the 2009 survey source.
- Expanded form
- Pharmacy Education Eligibility TestPharmacy Education Eligibility Test
- Other spellings
- 피이이티
- 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
당시 약학대학 편입을 준비하던 선배는 PEET를 공부했다.
The senior preparing to transfer into pharmacy school at the time studied for PEET.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “PEET” 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 PEET’s expanded English form and defines a test of foundational learning ability and aptitude for pharmaceutical education. It explains the name used under the system then, not the current admissions system. 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