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Korean slang profile

세트템

seteutem

Game items organized as an outfit or a set.

Game items organized as an outfit or a set.

Expanded form
세트 + 아이템세트 (set) + 아이템 (item)
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Dec 5, 2012
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

    세트템을 하나씩 모으는 중이야.

    I’m collecting the set items one by one.

02Documented history

  1. 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its source-language information identifies the words that make up the expression. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 38 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.

04Sources

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

  1. 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 38쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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