Korean slang profile
앱만장자
aepmanjangja
Someone who has made a great deal of money by developing a popular app.
Someone who has made a great deal of money by developing a popular app.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 20, 2013
- 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
작은 게임으로 성공한 앱만장자의 이야기를 읽었어.
I read the story of an 앱만장자 who succeeded with a small game.
02Documented history
- 2013-12-20“2013년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2013년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 48 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 69.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 48쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026