Korean slang profile
하이에나주
haienaju
Rising shares in troubled companies
Stock-market language of the time comparing shares in troubled companies under administrative designation whose prices and trading volumes nonetheless rise.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 31, 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
옛 증시 기사에 부실종목을 가리키는 하이에나주라는 말이 나왔다.
An old stock-market article used 하이에나주 for troubled shares.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 year-end article on popular economic expressions explains that it arose as prices and trading increased for troubled stocks under administrative designation. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
Meaning and usage context in the contemporary original were checked. This stays within the particular source’s explanation and does not establish a 1998 origin or society-wide popularity.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 98경제계 쏟아진 말…말…말… (서울신문)Published Dec 31, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026