Korean slang profile
SPAC
SPAC
A special purpose acquisition company formed and listed to acquire or merge with an unlisted company.
A special purpose acquisition company formed and listed to acquire or merge with an unlisted company.
- Expanded form
- Special Purpose Acquisition CompanySpecial Purpose Acquisition Company
- Other spellings
- 스팩
- Earliest source found
- Aug 7, 2021
- 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
경제 기사를 읽다가 SPAC의 합병 절차를 찾아봤어.
While reading economic news, I looked up the SPAC merger process.
02Documented history
- August 2021MTN 머니투데이방송 gave SPAC’s expanded English form and the spelling ‘스팩’, explaining it as a special purpose acquisition company.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for ‘Special Purpose Acquisition Company’ (Special Purpose Acquisition Company). A 2021 source from MTN 머니투데이방송 gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
One source explicitly gives this explanation. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [공다방] 급등락하는 저세상 주식 '스팩(SPAC)', 알고 투자하자 | MTN 머니투데이방송 (MTN 머니투데이방송)Published Aug 7, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026