Korean slang profile
저소비 코어
underconsumption core
Making the most of what you already own
A way of living that cuts unnecessary spending, uses existing possessions for longer, and shares that practice with others.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 저소비코어, underconsumption core
- Earliest source found
- Nov 25, 2025
- Documented trend period
- November 2025, reported as Generation Z lifestyle
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
새 옷 대신 가진 옷을 고쳐 입는 저소비 코어를 실천 중이야.
I'm practicing underconsumption by repairing clothes I own instead of buying new ones.
- Quoted from a source
불필요한 소비를 줄이고, 이미 가진 물건을 오래 사용하며,[1]
Reduce unnecessary consumption, use the things you already have for a long time,
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- 2025-11-25Are you spending money without thinking? No, don’t think about it and spend money… The meaning of this expression was explained in the Generation Z consumption law.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The Scoop explains it as a lifestyle of spending less and using possessions for longer. The article does not explain the term's formation or identify its first creator.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation is explicit but rests on a single source. Who first used the term has not been verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 생각없이 돈 쓴다고? 아니, 생각하고 돈 안쓰기… Z세대 소비법 (더스쿠프·다음뉴스)Published Nov 25, 2025Original source checked Nov 6, 2026