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Jikook

Jikook proper noun: the real-person fiction ship of Park Ji-min and Jeon Jung-kook of the K-pop boy band BTS.

Proper noun

Jikook

  1. (slang) The real-person fiction ship of Park Ji-min and Jeon Jung-kook of the K-pop boy band BTS.
    • For example, there are portmanteaus of each and every BTS member combination, with fans hoping that JiKook (Jimin and Jungkook) or V-Hope (V and J-Hope) will become a thing.2018 September 12, Jessica Lindsay, “What does shipping mean when people aren’t talking about ships?”, in Metro, UK
    • "JiKook," the pairing of Korean boy band BTS members Jeon Jeong-guk and Park Ji-min, is the fourth most popular ship despite the fact that neither pairing is together in real life.2019, Palmer Haasch, "Community, Soul-Searching and Pleasure: The Significance of Real Person Fanfiction in BTS Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of Minnesota, page 13

Origin of Jikook

Blend of Jimin + Jungkook.

Questions about Jikook

What does Jikook mean?
Jikook means the real-person fiction ship of Park Ji-min and Jeon Jung-kook of the K-pop boy band BTS.
What part of speech is Jikook?
Jikook is a proper noun.

Words near Jikook in the dictionary

  1. Jijia
  2. Jijiga
  3. jiju
  4. jijus
  5. jiko
  6. Jikook
  7. jikos
  8. jikungu
  9. Jil Jil
  10. jilaabah
  11. jilaabahs

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