Korean slang profile
월급 채굴
wolgeup chaegul
A metaphor comparing working to cover investment losses with one’s salary to cryptocurrency mining.
A metaphor comparing working to cover investment losses with one’s salary to cryptocurrency mining.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 월급채굴
- Earliest source found
- Jul 6, 2022
- 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
투자 손실 이야기를 하다가 월급 채굴이라는 표현을 알게 됐어.
I learned the expression ‘salary mining’ while discussing investment losses.
02Documented history
- 2022-07-06The 조선일보 source used the expression ‘월급 채굴’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The article explains it as comparing covering investment losses with earned wages to Bitcoin mining. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 일저우일저·반려주식, 급락장에 슬픈 ‘신조어’ (조선일보)Published Jul 6, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026