Korean slang profile
에그 포비아
egeu pobia
Fear of buying or eating eggs following an incident involving harmful substances found in eggs.
Fear of buying or eating eggs following an incident involving harmful substances found in eggs.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 30, 2018
- 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
당시 기사에서는 달걀 안전성에 대한 불안을 에그 포비아라고 불렀다.
Articles at the time called anxiety about egg safety 에그 포비아.
02Documented history
- November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026