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미코노미 is a Koreanized trend term built from the English words “me” and “economy.” It spread through marketing, lifestyle, and news discussions about younger consumers, one-person households, self-care, small luxuries, and customized products; the exact first use is unclear, so 2018 is an approximate year for broader public usage.
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"Buying a warm 붕어빵 on the way home is my 소확행 these days."
origin소확행 is an abbreviation of “소소하지만 확실한 행복,” a Korean rendering of the Japanese phrase 小確幸, often associated with Haruki Murakami’s writing. In Korea, it became widely visible around the late 2010s, especially through lifestyle, consumer-trend, and social-media conversations about finding realistic joy in small routines rather than chasing huge success.
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che-ri-syu-meo
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"Instead of subscribing for a whole month, she only buys a one-day pass when she needs it—total cherry-sumer behavior."
originThe word combines cherry-picker and consumer, and became widely visible in Korea as a 2023-style consumer trend keyword around inflation, subscription fatigue, and practical spending. The exact first use is hard to pin down, so 2022 is treated as an approximate popularization year because the term circulated in trend-report and media contexts for the 2023 consumption cycle.
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mi-ning-a-ut
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"Buying cruelty-free cosmetics and posting about it is a kind of meaning out."
originThe term combines “meaning,” as in personal values or beliefs, with “coming out,” meaning to reveal something publicly. It became common in Korean consumer-trend and social-media discussions around the late 2010s, especially for value-based consumption such as ethical buying, boycotts, donations, vegan choices, and eco-friendly products. The exact first use is hard to verify, so 2018 is an approximate popularization year.
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"I started casually collecting film cameras, but now it is full-on 디깅모멘텀 for me."
originThe expression combines the English words “Digging” and “Momentum” and became visible in Korean trend-report and lifestyle-media language around the early 2020s, especially as a way to describe people who deeply explore their tastes. The exact first use is unclear, so 2022 is treated as an approximate popularization year rather than a fixed coinage date.
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