Korean slang profile

슈링크플레이션

syuringkeupeulleisyeon

Reducing a product’s size or quantity while keeping its price unchanged, effectively raising the price.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
가격표는 같은데 내용량이 줄어 슈링크플레이션을 실감했다.
The price tag stayed the same but the quantity shrank, making 슈링크플레이션 tangible.

January 2024조선비즈 explained it as reducing product size and quantity while maintaining the price.[1]

The meaning and usage were checked in a source from 조선비즈. Who first used it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

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