Korean slang profile
IMF
imf
International Monetary Fund
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 국제통화기금 (International Monetary Fund).
- Expanded form
- 국제통화기금국제통화기금 (International Monetary Fund)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Jan 16, 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
외환위기 자료에서 IMF와 정부의 협의 내용을 읽었다.
I read about discussions between the IMF and the government in material on the foreign-exchange crisis.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
서울신문 in 1998 pairs 국제통화기금 with IMF. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and English or abbreviated spelling in the contemporary article were directly compared. The full English form and first naming remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 부실종금사 이달말 정리/24일까지 BIS 기준 못맞추면 폐쇄 (서울신문)Published Jan 16, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026