Korean slang profile
잉글리시 푸어
inggeulrisi pueo
Someone in financial hardship from spending heavily on English study for employment, or that situation.
Someone in financial hardship from spending heavily on English study for employment, or that situation.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2015
- 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
영어 교육비 부담을 다룬 기사는 잉글리시 푸어라는 표현을 썼다.
An article on the burden of English education costs used the term 잉글리시 푸어.
02Documented history
- 2015-12-10The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and contemporary examples of “잉글리시 푸어” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 152; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2015년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2015Original source checked Nov 14, 2026