Korean slang profile
히트플레이션
hiteupeulleisyeon
Heat waves reducing crop yields and pushing up grain and other food prices.
Heat waves reducing crop yields and pushing up grain and other food prices.
- Expanded form
- 열 + 인플레이션열 + 인플레이션 (heat + inflation)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jul 19, 2022
- 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
폭염이 계속돼 히트플레이션을 걱정하는 기사가 나왔어.
The continuing heat wave prompted articles concerned about heatflation.
02Documented history
- 2022-07-19The 한국일보 source used the expression ‘히트플레이션’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source explains it as ‘열 + 인플레이션’ (heat + inflation). Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 폭염에 유럽 곡물 생산량 '뚝'…'히트플레이션'까지 오나 (한국일보)Published Jul 19, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026