Korean slang profile
금턴
geumteon
An internship with good conditions believed to require connections or a privileged background.
An internship with good conditions believed to require connections or a privileged background.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- 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
구직자들은 좋은 경험을 쌓는 금턴 자리에도 공정한 채용 절차가 필요하다고 말했다.
Job seekers said even 금턴 positions offering good experience need fair hiring.
02Documented history
- September 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
연합뉴스 explains it as one of the expressions for polarized internship opportunities, using gold and dirt spoons as metaphors. 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