Korean slang profile
뱅크데믹
baengkeudemik
Anxiety and crises involving banks spreading like an epidemic.
Anxiety and crises involving banks spreading like an epidemic.
- Expanded form
- 은행 + 팬데믹은행 + 팬데믹 (bank + pandemic)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 26, 2023
- 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
은행 불안이 번지자 뱅크데믹이라는 표현이 나왔어.
As banking anxiety spread, the term bankdemic emerged.
02Documented history
- 2023-03-26The 매일경제 source used the expression ‘뱅크데믹’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source explains it as ‘은행 + 팬데믹’ (bank + pandemic). Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 도이체방크 흔들 …'뱅크데믹' 공포 확산 (매일경제)Published Mar 26, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026