Korean slang profile
범엔지족
beomenjijok
People who delay graduation through leave or deferral to keep student status until they find a job.
People who delay graduation through leave or deferral to keep student status until they find a job.
- Expanded form
- 범 + No Graduation + 족범 (broadly encompassing) + No Graduation + 족 (group)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 2010
- 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
범엔지족의 증가는 취업 준비의 부담을 보여 준대.
They say the rise of 범엔지족 shows the pressure of preparing to find work.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “범 + No Graduation + 족”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date. This usage refers to people postponing graduation, unlike the existing “엔지족” sense of people collecting country-themed products.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 38쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026