Korean slang profile
에그플레이션
egeupeulleisyeon
Rising egg prices also contributing to price rises in other foods.
Rising egg prices also contributing to price rises in other foods.
- Expanded form
- egg + inflationegg + inflation
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- May 30, 2023
- 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
계란값이 오르니 에그플레이션 우려가 나왔어.
Rising egg prices prompted concerns about eggflation.
02Documented history
- 2023-05-30The 국민일보 source used the expression ‘에그플레이션’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source explains it as ‘egg + inflation’. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 계란·닭고기 가격 고공행진… 식탁 드리운 ‘에그플레이션’ (국민일보)Published May 30, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026