Korean slang profile
램프증후군
raempeujeunghugun
A metaphor for repeatedly summoning unlikely worries and feeling anxious.
A metaphor for repeatedly summoning unlikely worries and feeling anxious.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 램프 증후군
- Earliest source found
- Jan 13, 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
아직 생기지도 않은 일부터 걱정하는 내 모습을 보고 램프증후군이라는 말이 떠올랐다.
Worrying about things that had not happened made me think of 램프증후군.
02Documented history
- January 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
얼루어 코리아 likens it to summoning needless worries as Aladdin summons the genie from a lamp. It was presented as a metaphorical 2016 trend, not established as a medical diagnosis. When it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were compared with the source text. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2016 트렌드 키워드 램프증후군, 에지 스몰, 팬톤 컬러... (얼루어 코리아)Published Jan 13, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026