Korean slang profile
메르스 불황
mereuseu bulhwang
A slowdown in economic activity caused by reduced outings, spending, and similar behavior during the MERS outbreak.
A slowdown in economic activity caused by reduced outings, spending, and similar behavior during the MERS outbreak.
- 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
당시 유통업계 기사는 매출 감소를 메르스 불황이라고 표현했다.
Retail articles at the time described the sales decline as 메르스 불황.
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 “메르스 불황” 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 129; 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