Korean slang profile
미끼족
mikkijok
Consumers buying only loss leaders
Consumers who select only loss-leader products sold cheaply at a loss by retailers.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Feb 24, 1999
- 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
장바구니를 확인하니 미끼족처럼 특가상품만 골랐다.
Looking in my basket, I realized I had selected only specials like a 미끼족 shopper.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The 1999 material from 한국경제 introduced this expression and its definition. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The web article’s body and entered date were directly read. Its closing print date of February 25 is distinguished from the entered date of February 24. Local curl access was restricted and could not verify it automatically.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [국민의 정부 1년] 생활혁명 : 소비 신조어 ‘히트’ (한국경제)Published Feb 24, 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026