Korean slang profile
CFC
cfc
Chlorofluorocarbon
An English abbreviation for chlorofluorocarbons, regulated as ozone-depleting substances.
- Expanded form
- 염화불화탄소염화불화탄소 (chlorofluorocarbon)
- 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
환경 자료에서 CFC 사용을 줄이는 노력을 소개했다.
The environmental material introduced efforts to reduce CFC use.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 gives this abbreviation and a corresponding definition. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 125. It is a general or specialist abbreviation of the time, not a claim of first use or popularity that year.
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