Korean slang profile
반퇴 세대
bantoe sedae
A generation that must seek another job or start a business after early retirement to support itself or for similar reasons.
A generation that must seek another job or start a business after early retirement to support itself or for similar reasons.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 반퇴자
- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2015
- 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
기사는 은퇴 뒤에도 일을 이어 가는 현실을 반퇴 세대라는 말로 설명했다.
The article used 반퇴 세대 to describe the reality of continuing to work after retirement.
02Documented history
- 2015-12-10The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and contemporary examples of “반퇴 세대” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 132; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2015년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2015Original source checked Nov 14, 2026