Korean slang profile
영털족
yeongteoljok
A metaphor describing people heavily burdened by loan interest, falling house prices, and similar pressures as having been stripped even of their souls.
A metaphor describing people heavily burdened by loan interest, falling house prices, and similar pressures as having been stripped even of their souls.
- Expanded form
- 영혼까지 털린 대출영혼까지 털린 대출 (a loan that stripped even one’s soul)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 3, 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
금리 부담을 다룬 기사에서 영털족이라는 표현을 봤어.
I saw 영털족 in an article about interest-rate burdens.
02Documented history
- 2022-12-03The 한국경제 source used the expression ‘영털족’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source explains it as ‘영혼까지 털린 대출’ (a loan that stripped even one’s soul). 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.
- 5개월 만에 2.3억 급락한 도봉 집값…'영털족' 된 '영끌족' [김은정의 클릭 부동산] (한국경제)Published Dec 3, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026