Korean slang profile
이랜서
iraenseo
Internet-based home freelancer
A freelancer doing specialist work from home over the internet instead of commuting to an office.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 이-랜서
- Earliest source found
- Dec 31, 2000
- 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
그는 집에서 작업물을 전송하는 이랜서로 소개됐다.
They were introduced as an 이랜서 sending completed work from home.
02Documented history
- 2000The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “이랜서”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The spelling and contemporary meaning of “이랜서” were checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』. The detailed components of its original form and the time of first use were not verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The original gives e-lancer and the meaning of an online freelancer but does not explain the full English components of the shortening, so the expansion field was left blank.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2000년 신어, 본문 246쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 31, 2000Original source checked Nov 15, 2026