Korean slang profile
올빼미공시
olppaemigongsi
Late-night after-market disclosure
A figurative name for disclosure of important information late at night after stock-market trading ends.
- Expanded form
- 올빼미 + 공시올빼미 (owl) + 공시 (disclosure)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
경제 기사는 거래가 끝난 뒤 나오는 올빼미공시를 다뤘다.
The economic article covered 올빼미공시 released after trading ended.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “올빼미공시”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Compares nighttime disclosures to a nocturnal owl. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 47쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026