What does heuksujeo mean in Korean?
흙수저 Heuksujeo
Also written: 흙수저다
Meaning
Dirt spoon; starting with no inherited wealth.
- When
- Appeared around 2015, peaked around 2016
- Heard in
- society, self-deprecation
- Feels
- self-deprecation, negative
- Politeness
- Casual. Fine with friends and online; skip it in formal writing or with people you should be polite to.
How Koreans use Heuksujeo
흙수저라 대출부터 알아본다.
As a heuksujeo, I'm looking into loans first.
흙수저 인증.
Heuksujeo proof.
Similar slang in other languages
- Japanese
- 親ガチャ
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 魯蛇