Korean slang profile
피투피
pitupi
Context-dependent P2P abbreviation
In the source, an abbreviation referring to direct computer-to-computer file sharing, a knowledge service connecting experts and users, or internet companies’ pursuit of profit. The explanation differs by context.
- Expanded form
- Peer to Peer / People to People / Path to ProfitabilityPeer to Peer / People to People / Path to Profitability
- Other spellings
- P2P
- 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
이 글에서 피투피는 컴퓨터끼리 파일을 공유하는 방식을 뜻한다.
In this piece, 피투피 means a method of sharing files directly between computers.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “피투피”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source gives the abbreviated structure of “Peer to Peer / People to People / Path to Profitability” and the meaning of “피투피” 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 explanationLow
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. The source gives three expanded forms and meanings, with different accounts of server use even in file sharing, so meanings were distinguished by context.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 399쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026