Korean slang profile
쿠션자금
kusyeonjageum
Spare funds cushioning sudden expenses
Short-term spare funds that can be drawn on when money is suddenly needed to soften a financial shock.
- Expanded form
- cushion + 자금cushion + funds
- 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
예상하지 못한 지출을 쿠션자금으로 충당했다.
I covered the unexpected expense with 쿠션자금.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “쿠션자금”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It likens the role of spare funds to a cushion absorbing a shock. 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 7월 3주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026