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Korean slang profile

급여체

geupyeoche

A distinctive office-work speech style, including responses like ‘넵’ in messages or work expressions mixing foreign languages.

A distinctive office-work speech style, including responses like ‘넵’ in messages or work expressions mixing foreign languages.

Expanded form
Not documented
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Nov 30, 2018
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

    업무 대화에서 자주 쓰는 급여체를 모아 보니 비슷한 표현이 많았다.

    Collecting common 급여체 phrases from work chats revealed many similarities.

02Documented history

  1. November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

  1. 2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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