Korean slang profile
페이크슈머
peikeusyumeo
A consumer choosing alternatives to expensive original products or experiences based on price and satisfaction.
A consumer choosing alternatives to expensive original products or experiences based on price and satisfaction.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 페이크 슈머
- Earliest source found
- Jul 9, 2016
- 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
유명 브랜드 대신 품질이 비슷한 합리적인 상품을 고르는 페이크슈머가 늘었다.
More 페이크슈머 choose reasonably priced products with similar quality instead of famous brands.
02Documented history
- July 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
패션인사이트 explains a blend of ‘페이크(fake)’ and ‘컨슈머(consumer)’. A 와이티엔 interview with 대학내일20대연구소 also describes a consumer tendency to seek satisfying, lower-priced alternatives. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The two sources' definitions were compared. 패션인사이트 displays 2015-12-15, but its source date was omitted because publication-date metadata is absent.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [캠퍼스24_캠퍼스 핫이슈] 대학가 알뜰족 탐구 (YTN)Published Jul 9, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- 1인 미디어, 덕밍아웃, 슈퍼 피트니스 시대가 온다 (패션인사이트)Original source checked Nov 14, 2026