Korean slang profile
소셜슈머
sosyeolsyumeo
A consumer who considers social benefits as well as personal satisfaction and voices opinions.
A consumer who considers social benefits as well as personal satisfaction and voices opinions.
- Expanded form
- 소셜 + 컨슈머소셜 (social) + 컨슈머 (consumer)
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
제품의 사회적 영향을 따지는 소셜슈머의 목소리가 커졌어.
Consumers who consider products’ social impact have become more vocal.
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 source-language information identifies the words that make up the expression. 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