Korean slang profile
FF
ff
Federal funds
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 연방기금 (federal funds) used in the article of the time.
- Expanded form
- 연방기금연방기금 (federal funds)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Oct 19, 1998
- 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
미국 금리 기사의 FF라는 약칭을 찾아봤다.
I looked up the abbreviation FF in an article on U.S. interest rates.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “연방기금” with “FF”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and abbreviation in the 1998 article were compared. The spelling of the time is recorded; the full original-language form, the institution’s current name, and first use were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지구촌 ‘저금리시대’로/美,또 추가인하 가능성 (서울신문)Published Oct 19, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026