Korean slang profile
패닉바잉
paenikbaing
Rushing to buy out of fear that prices will rise further. The real-estate article examined uses it for panic-driven home purchases.
Rushing to buy out of fear that prices will rise further. The real-estate article examined uses it for panic-driven home purchases.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2020
- 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
뒤처질까 두려워 패닉바잉을 하기보다 먼저 형편을 살펴봤다.
Instead of panic-buying for fear of falling behind, I first reviewed my finances.
02Documented history
- December 2020비즈워치 introduced it as panic-driven home buying caused by anxiety about rising house prices.[1]
03Origin & word formation
비즈워치 explains it as rushing to buy housing out of fear of rising prices. The explanation follows that real-estate context; the first coiner and the start of usage in other fields could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in the body of the source was checked, but the first user could not be identified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [알쓸부잡]'청무피사·배배테크' 자고나면 생기는 '부동산 신조어' (비즈워치)Published Dec 30, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026