Meanings
- slanglifestyleThe real-person fiction ship of Park Ji-min and Jeon Jung-kook of the K-pop boy band BTS.
(By far the most popular BTS ship is Jikook, which pairs Park Jimin and Jeon Jungkook together.)
2019 December 26, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Michelle Jaworski, “The 10 most influential fandoms of the 2010s”, in The Daily Dot2 more examples
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
Cite this entry
Jikook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jikook
“Jikook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jikook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jikook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jikook.
Source: Jikook on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.