Korean slang profile
눕코노미
nupkonomi
A situation where a row of economy-class airplane seats is empty, allowing someone to lie across several seats.
A situation where a row of economy-class airplane seats is empty, allowing someone to lie across several seats.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jan 6, 2022
- 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
탑승객이 적어서 눕코노미로 왔다는 여행기를 읽었어.
I read a travel account of lying across economy seats because there were few passengers.
02Documented history
- 2022-01-06The 문화일보 source used the expression ‘눕코노미’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. The specific process of coining the expression could not be established. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
Usage was checked in the source, but the specific process of coining the expression and its first use could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- PCR 검사 한국서 3번·태국서 2번…카오산 로드도 백신증명서가 ‘필수품’ (문화일보)Published Jan 6, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026