Korean slang profile
텔개맨
telgaemaen
Television actor with comic talent
A blended word for a television actor whose comic acting is as funny as a comedian’s.
- Expanded form
- talent + gagmantalent + gagman
- Other spellings
- 텔게맨
- 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
그 배우는 재치 있는 연기로 텔개맨이라는 별명을 얻었다.
The actor earned the nickname 텔개맨 through witty acting.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “텔개맨”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source gives the abbreviated structure of “talent + gagman” and the meaning of “텔개맨” 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 explanationMedium
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’s headword is 텔개맨 while the re-quoted example uses 텔게맨, so headword and alias were distinguished.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 375쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026