Korean slang profile
청년실신
cheongnyeonsilsin
A compressed expression for young people’s difficulties with unemployment or credit problems after college graduation.
A compressed expression for young people’s difficulties with unemployment or credit problems after college graduation.
- Expanded form
- 청년 실업 + 신용 불량청년 실업 (youth unemployment) + 신용 불량 (poor credit)
- 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
청년실신이라는 표현에는 학자금과 취업 부담이 함께 담겼어.
The term 청년실신 combines the burdens of student loans and finding work.
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 “청년 실업 + 신용 불량”. 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 57쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026