Korean slang profile
런치플레이션
reonchipeulleisyeon
Rising costs of eating out, including lunch.
Rising costs of eating out, including lunch.
- Expanded form
- 런치 + 인플레이션런치 + 인플레이션 (lunch + inflation)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jun 13, 2022
- 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
점심값이 계속 오르니 런치플레이션을 실감해.
With lunch prices continually rising, I really feel lunchflation.
02Documented history
- 2022-06-13The 경향신문 source used the expression ‘런치플레이션’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source explains it as ‘런치 + 인플레이션’ (lunch + inflation). Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. 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.
- “장보기 겁나면 편의점 오세요”…PB·소포장 상품으로 가격 낮췄다 (경향신문)Published Jun 13, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026