Jikook

English Etymology en w:Ji-min Jung-kook. Proper noun en fandom slang The real-person fiction ship of Jimin (singer, born 1995) Park Ji-min and Jungkook Jeon Jung-kook of the K-pop boy band BTS. en Jessica Lindsay What does shipping mean when people aren’t talking about ships? https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/12/what-does-shipping-mean-when-people-arent-talking-about-ships-7937636/ Metro 12 September 2018 UK 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250602024415/https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/12/what-does-shipping-mean-when-people-arent-talking-about-ships-7937636/ 2 June 2025 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: "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. en Gavia Baker-Whitelaw; Michelle Jaworski The 10 most influential fandoms of the 2010s https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/top-10-fandoms-2010s-decade-star-wars-game-of-thrones-marvel/ The Daily Dot 26 December 2019 (By far the most popular BTS ship is Jikook, which pairs Park Jimin and Jeon Jungkook together.) https://web.archive.org/web/20260124000706/https://dailydot.com/parsec/top-10-fandoms-2010s-decade-star-wars-game-of-thrones-marvel 24 January 2026 en en eponyms en M/M ships (fandom) RPF ships (fandom) Ships with portmanteau names (fandom)