Korean slang profile
밈 주식
mim jusik
A stock whose price moves sharply as online community or social-media word of mouth and individual-investor attention converge on it.
A stock whose price moves sharply as online community or social-media word of mouth and individual-investor attention converge on it.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jun 1, 2021
- 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
그 기사는 온라인 입소문으로 거래가 몰린 밈 주식을 다뤘어.
The article covered meme stocks drawing concentrated trading through online word of mouth.
02Documented history
- June 2021이데일리 explained stocks attracting online word of mouth and concentrated buying by individual investors.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이데일리 explicitly explains it as stocks rising through social-media and similar word of mouth. Financial usage of ‘meme’ was checked, but the first usage time could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
An explanation or context showing the meaning was checked, but the available evidence does not establish the first user.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 최정희의 이게머니 천슬라도 억트코인도 접었다…밈주식 향하는 개미들 (이데일리)Published Jun 1, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026