Korean slang profile
학점쇼핑족
hakjeomsyopingjok
People choosing courses across universities for benefits
People who use credit-exchange programs between universities to select courses offering high grades or career benefits.
- Expanded form
- 학점 + shopping + 족academic credits + shopping + group of people
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
학점쇼핑족을 다룬 기사는 대학 간 학점 교류를 설명했다.
An article about 학점쇼핑족 explained credit exchange between universities.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “학점쇼핑족”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It likens comparing and choosing courses at different universities to shopping. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 6월 3주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026