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Korean slang profile

티메프

timepeu

A collective shortening for the e-commerce companies TMON and WeMakePrice.

A collective shortening for the e-commerce companies TMON and WeMakePrice.

Expanded form
티몬·위메프TMON and WeMakePrice
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Oct 23, 2024
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

    티메프 관련 소식을 읽으며 두 회사의 상황을 구분해 살펴봤어.

    While reading 티메프 news, I examined each company’s situation separately.

02Documented history

  1. October 2024연합뉴스 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]

03Origin & word formation

A shortened name for ‘티몬·위메프’ (TMON and WeMakePrice). A 2024 source from 연합뉴스 explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The abbreviation’s explanation and usage were checked directly, but who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.

04Sources

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

  1. 티메프 새 주인 찾는다…회생계획 인가 전 매각 추진 | 연합뉴스 (연합뉴스)Published Oct 23, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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