Korean slang profile
솔로 푸어
solro pueo
Low-income people whose circumstances force them to live alone even if they do not want to.
Low-income people whose circumstances force them to live alone even if they do not want to.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 솔로푸어
- Earliest source found
- Dec 20, 2013
- 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
그 기사는 솔로 푸어의 주거 문제를 다뤘어.
The article covered housing problems faced by 솔로 푸어.
02Documented history
- 2013-12-20“2013년 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 “2013년 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 43 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 69.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 43쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026