Korean slang profile
경품족
gyeongpumjok
Prize-promotion entrants
People who enter prize promotions at various retailers in hopes of winning prizes.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Feb 24, 1999
- 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
경품족은 쇼핑보다 행사 응모에 더 관심을 보였다.
The 경품족 showed more interest in entering promotions than in shopping.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The 1999 material from 한국경제 introduced this expression and its definition. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The web article’s body and entered date were directly read. Its closing print date of February 25 is distinguished from the entered date of February 24. Local curl access was restricted and could not verify it automatically.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [국민의 정부 1년] 생활혁명 : 소비 신조어 ‘히트’ (한국경제)Published Feb 24, 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026