Korean slang profile

미코노미

mikonomi

Spending for oneself.

Expanded form: Not documented
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Jan 6, 2026
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
나를 위한 취미 수업에 쓰는 돈도 미코노미라고 할 수 있대.
Apparently, money spent on a hobby class for myself can also be called 미코노미.

02Documented history

January 2026Sports Chosun introduced the meaning and usage of 미코노미.[1]

03Origin & word formation

Sports Chosun gives ‘consumption for myself’ as the meaning in a slang-quiz article. A source explaining the word’s formation was not found. Who first used it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationLow

The meaning and usage were checked in the source, but how the expression was created could not be established.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

'올해 50세된' 채정안, '수발새X'까진 무리였나…'폭소만발' MZ 신조어 퀴즈 도전(채정안TV) (스포츠조선)Published Jan 6, 2026Original source checked Nov 12, 2026