Korean slang profile
티키타카
tikitaka
A state of conversation flowing smoothly because people’s words and reactions fit well together.
A state of conversation flowing smoothly because people’s words and reactions fit well together.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Feb 11, 2026
- 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
처음 만났는데도 티키타카가 잘돼서 대화가 끊기지 않았어.
We’d just met, but the 티키타카 was so good the conversation never stopped.
02Documented history
- February 2026Reporting on ideal-partner preferences explicitly defined it as conversation working well.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2026 Seoul Economic Daily article defines it as conversation flowing smoothly in the context of a romantic partner’s conversational style. That source alone does not establish the specific connection between the soccer term and conversational expression or its earliest Korean use.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The explanation and usage were checked directly, but who coined the expression and when could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 대화 잘 통하는 게 중요하다더니…실제로 만날 때는 남녀 ‘이것’ 선택했다 (서울경제)Published Feb 11, 2026Original source checked Nov 12, 2026