Korean slang profile
호모인턴스
homointeonseu
A job seeker who accumulates qualifications yet cycles through internships without securing regular employment.
A job seeker who accumulates qualifications yet cycles through internships without securing regular employment.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 호모 인턴스
- 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
호모인턴스를 다룬 기사는 인턴 경력이 정규직 채용으로 이어지지 않는 현실을 보여 줬다.
The article on 호모인턴스 showed how internships fail to lead to regular employment.
02Documented history
- September 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
연합뉴스 defines it as job seekers who keep repeating 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