Korean slang profile
탐욕플레이션
tamyokpeulleisyeon
A critical term for greater price burdens caused by excessive profit-seeking or price gouging.
A critical term for greater price burdens caused by excessive profit-seeking or price gouging.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jun 19, 2023
- 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
원가가 내려도 가격은 그대로라 탐욕플레이션이라는 비판이 나왔어.
Prices stayed unchanged even as costs fell, prompting criticism of greedflation.
02Documented history
- 2023-06-19The TV조선 source used the expression ‘탐욕플레이션’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. The specific process of coining the expression could not be established. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
Usage was checked in the source, but the specific process of coining the expression and its first use could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [신동욱 앵커의 시선] 바가지 플레이션 (TV조선)Published Jun 19, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026