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Korean slang profile

떡상

tteoksang

A sharp price surge

A sudden, steep rise in a market price.

Expanded form: Not documented
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Jan 11, 2018
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 채널 갑자기 떡상했더라.
That channel's popularity suddenly shot up.
Quoted from a source
떡상·떡락(시세가 폭등·폭락하는 상태)[1]
떡상 and 떡락: a sharp rise or fall in market prices.
English translation by Julimmal.

02Documented history

January 2018Money Today: Among the cryptocurrency slang terms, I heard ‘떡상·Tteokrak (a state in which the market price soars and plummets)’ as a term familiar to stock investors.[1]
September 2020Kyunghyang Shinmun: “Their channel was ‘떡상’ in mid-September.”[2]

03Origin & word formation

Where the expression originated has not been verified. The 2018 source from Money Today only explains the meaning.

Evidence for the origin explanationLow

The meaning is supported, but the sources do not explain how the expression was formed.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

"떡락해도 존버 가즈아"…암호화폐 신조어 뜻은? (머니투데이)Published Jan 11, 2018Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
'돈 내면 대신 말해주는' 유튜버, 한국에서 떡상한 까닭은 (경향신문)Published Sep 20, 2020Original source checked Nov 5, 2026

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