Korean slang profile
입지반동
ipjibandong
Pretending to stay at one’s post
Civil-service satire meaning to appear to stay at one’s post while doing something else behind the scenes.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 1998
- 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
그 당시 풍자 글에서는 그런 행태를 입지반동이라 불렀다.
Satire from that period called that behavior 입지반동.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 서울신문 year-end article introduces it as doing something else behind the scenes. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definition and social context presented in the contemporary article were compared. First coinage, current range of use, and the extent of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 공직사회 유행한 말…말…말… (서울신문)Published Dec 30, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026