Korean slang profile
부장인턴
bujanginteon
An intern whose repeated internships have given them experience likened to a department manager's.
An intern whose repeated internships have given them experience likened to a department manager's.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 부장 인턴
- Earliest source found
- Sep 29, 2016
- 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
부장인턴이라는 말에는 경력만 늘고 안정된 일자리는 얻지 못한 답답함이 담겨 있다.
부장인턴 conveys frustration at gaining experience without securing a stable job.
02Documented history
- September 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
연합뉴스 explains it as a metaphor for an intern with experience comparable to a department manager's through repeated internships. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were compared with the source text. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 오스트랄로스펙쿠스·호모인턴스…2016 취업시장 신조어는 (연합뉴스)Published Sep 29, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026