Korean slang profile

오픈런

open run

Waiting for a store to open

Waiting outside a store before opening time, then heading in as soon as the doors open to buy something.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
개점 전에 줄 서는 오픈런을 해서 겨우 샀어.
I finally got one by lining up before the store opened.
Quoted from a source
오픈런은 특정 제품을 사기 위해 개점 전부터 매장 앞에서 기다리는 것을 말한다.[2]
오픈런 refers to waiting in front of a store before it opens to buy a specific product.
English translation by Julimmal.

May 2020YTN: “In particular, the ‘오픈런’ crisis broke out in department stores across the country, with people lining up before the department stores opened and then running towards the stores during opening hours.”[1]
July 2023오픈런 refers to waiting in front of a store before it opens to buy a specific product.[2]

Where the expression originated has not been verified. The 2023 source from Economist Korea only explains the meaning.

Evidence for the origin explanationLow

The meaning is supported, but the sources do not explain how the expression was formed.

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