Korean slang profile
고개 숙인 아버지
gogae sukin abeoji
Fathers dispirited by the crisis
An expression depicting fathers dispirited by the foreign-exchange crisis and job insecurity.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 고개숙인 아버지
- Earliest source found
- Nov 6, 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
그 글은 고개 숙인 아버지라는 표현으로 당시의 고용불안을 전했다.
The piece used 고개 숙인 아버지 to convey the job insecurity of the time.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
서울신문 in 1998 introduces it as a gloomy popular expression of the time. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
Only the article’s introduction of it as a popular expression was checked. The first creator and the expression’s etymology remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 달라진 사회상(IMF체제 1년:2) (서울신문)Published Nov 6, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026