Korean slang profile
체온퇴직
cheontoejik
Retirement anxiety likened to body temperature
An expression likening the retirement age workers feel they face to the human body temperature of 36.5 degrees.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Aug 17, 2006
- 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
체온퇴직이라는 옛 신조어에서 조기 퇴직에 대한 불안을 읽었다.
I read anxiety about early retirement in the old neologism 체온퇴직.
02Documented history
- 2006-08-17This source introduced “체온퇴직” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2006 Joongdo Ilbo article explains it as expressing anxiety about early retirement through the numerical value of human body temperature. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
This contemporary expression figuratively conveys anxiety about early retirement. It is neither a statistic saying the actual retirement age is 36.5 nor an institutional standard.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 아리송한10대 외계어 삐삐 숫자전송이 시초 (중도일보)Published Aug 17, 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026