Korean slang profile
대공생
daegongsaeng
Short for production work in a large company’s factory.
Short for production work in a large company’s factory.
- Expanded form
- 대기업 공장 생산직대기업 공장 생산직 (production work in a large company’s factory)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 20, 2013
- 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
취업 게시판에서 대공생 채용 일정을 확인했어.
I checked the 대공생 recruitment schedule on the job board.
02Documented history
- 2013-12-20“2013년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2013년 신어 자료집” describes it as short for “대기업 공장 생산직”. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples concerning recruitment on PDF page 26 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the 2012 article text quoted there was not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 69.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 26쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026