Korean slang profile
웜 뱅크
wom baengkeu
A space opened for people burdened by heating costs to escape the cold and warm up.
A space opened for people burdened by heating costs to escape the cold and warm up.
- Expanded form
- warm bankwarm bank
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 2, 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
동네 도서관이 웜 뱅크로 운영된다는 소식을 봤어.
I saw that the local library was operating as a warm bank.
02Documented history
- 2022-11-02The 아시아경제 source used the expression ‘웜 뱅크’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source explains it as ‘warm bank’. 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.
- 영국 콜린스 사전 선정 올해의 단어는 ‘영구적 위기’ (아시아경제)Published Nov 2, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026