Korean slang profile
토피스
topiseu
Seoul traffic-information system
A system managing Seoul’s traffic by gathering information from multiple agencies and bus-card systems.
- Expanded form
- Transport Operation and Information ServiceTransport Operation and Information Service
- Other spellings
- TOPIS
- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- 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
토피스에서 도로의 교통 상황을 확인했다.
I checked road traffic conditions through 토피스.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “토피스” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Formed by retaining parts of “Transport Operation and Information Service”. The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 lists this headword and its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 31 (printed page 7) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026