Korean slang profile
스크루플레이션
seukeurupeulleisyeon
Pressure on lower- and middle-income livelihoods as rising prices coincide with deteriorating living conditions.
Pressure on lower- and middle-income livelihoods as rising prices coincide with deteriorating living conditions.
- Expanded form
- screw + inflationscrew + inflation
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Oct 12, 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
이번 경제 기사에서는 생계비 위기를 스크루플레이션으로 설명했어.
This economic article explained the cost-of-living crisis as screwflation.
02Documented history
- 2022-10-12The 한국경제TV source used the expression ‘스크루플레이션’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The broadcast explains it as a blend of screw and inflation and covers livelihood pressure on lower- and middle-income groups. A report that a particular person mentioned it was not treated as proof of first coinage. 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.
- IMF, 세계 국민 `생계비 위기` 닥친다 韓 국민, 쥐어짜도 안되는 스크루플레이션? [한상춘의 지금 세계는] (한국경제TV)Published Oct 12, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026