Korean slang profile
코로노미 쇼크
koronomi syokeu
The economic shock of reduced consumption and greater livelihood hardship or lost sales caused by COVID-19.
The economic shock of reduced consumption and greater livelihood hardship or lost sales caused by COVID-19.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Oct 15, 2020
- 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
상점들은 코로노미 쇼크로 줄어든 매출을 걱정했다.
Shops worried about sales lost to the COVID-19 economic shock.
02Documented history
- October 2020전북일보 introduced it as a neologism expressing COVID-19’s economic shock.[1]
03Origin & word formation
전북일보 explains it as economic harm from COVID-19, including reduced consumption, livelihood hardship, and sharply falling sales. Who first created the form and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in the body of the source was checked, but the first user could not be identified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [NIE] ‘코로나 신조어’를 통해 본 2020 대한민국 (전북일보)Published Oct 15, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026