Korean slang profile
솔로 이코노미
solro ikonomi
An economic sector formed around the consumption and lives of people living alone.
An economic sector formed around the consumption and lives of people living alone.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 솔로이코노미
- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- 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
소포장 식품을 솔로 이코노미의 사례로 소개했어.
Small-package foods were introduced as an example of the 솔로 이코노미.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 39 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 39쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026