Korean slang profile
매스클루시비티
maeseukeulrusibiti
High-priced customization for a few
A consumption trend of custom-producing expensive products for a small number of consumers.
- Expanded form
- mass + exclusivitymass + exclusivity
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
맞춤 제작 제품을 다룬 글에서 매스클루시비티를 설명했다.
The article about custom-made products explained 매스클루시비티.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “매스클루시비티” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection gives mass plus exclusivity and a definition of expensive customized production for a limited few. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026