Korean slang profile

에듀 푸어

edyu pueo

Financial hardship caused by heavy education spending, or someone experiencing it.

Expanded form: Not documented
Other spellings: 에듀푸어
Earliest source found: Dec 5, 2012
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
교육비 지출표를 보니 에듀 푸어라는 표현이 떠올랐어.
Looking at the education spending sheet made me think of the term 에듀 푸어.

02Documented history

2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 48 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 48쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026