Korean slang profile
약투
yaktu
Disclosing one's previously hidden experience of drug use.
Disclosing one's previously hidden experience of drug use.
- Expanded form
- 약물 + 미투(me too)약물 + 미투(me too) (drug use + me too)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2019
- 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
약물 사용 경험을 밝힌 사람들의 이야기를 약투라고 소개한 기사를 읽었다.
I read an article calling people's disclosures of their drug use 약투.
02Documented history
- December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026