Korean slang profile
블루칩
beulruchip
Blue-chip stock
A high-quality stock considered large and stable in management or earnings.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 1999
- 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
주식 용어 해설에서 블루칩이라는 표현을 읽었다.
I read 블루칩 in a stock-market glossary.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 explains this expression as a separate entry. This is the checked source’s publication period; first use and the coiner were not verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 155. This is a glossary of everyday, current-affairs, and specialist terms of the time rather than a new-word survey. Only inclusion was checked; the birth year or period of popular use was not verified. The two origin theories introduced by the source were not verified and were omitted.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026