Korean slang profile
반프리
banpeuri
Someone working as both a regular employee and a freelancer under two types of contract with a company.
Someone working as both a regular employee and a freelancer under two types of contract with a company.
- Expanded form
- 반(半) + 프리랜서(freelancer)반(半) + 프리랜서(freelancer) (half + freelancer)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2019
- 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
노동 환경을 다룬 기사는 급여를 나누어 받는 반프리의 사례를 소개했다.
An article on working conditions described a 반프리 receiving pay in separate portions.
02Documented history
- December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026