Korean slang profile
베지플레이션
bejipeulreisyeon
A sharp rise in vegetable prices that also pushes up overall prices.
A sharp rise in vegetable prices that also pushes up overall prices.
- Expanded form
- vegetable + inflationvegetable + inflation
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 2010
- 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
채소 장바구니 가격을 보니 베지플레이션이 실감 나.
Looking at the cost of vegetables in my cart, I really feel the 베지플레이션.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “vegetable + inflation”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 38쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026