Korean slang profile
있는 집 머슴이 낫다
itneun jip meoseumi natda
Better pay in richer districts
A popular civil-service expression comparing the situation in which employees of financially better-off autonomous districts received higher pay.
- 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
자치구별 보수 차이를 다룬 기사에 있는 집 머슴이 낫다는 말이 실렸다.
An article on pay differences between autonomous districts carried the phrase 있는 집 머슴이 낫다.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 year-end article on popular civil-service expressions uses it to explain pay differences according to district offices’ financial circumstances. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
Meaning and usage context in the contemporary original were checked. This stays within the particular source’s explanation and does not establish a 1998 origin or society-wide popularity.
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