Korean slang profile
N잡러
N-japreo
Someone with multiple jobs
A person who holds several jobs at the same time.
- Expanded form
- N + job + ~erSomeone with multiple jobs
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 15, 2017
- 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
본업 말고도 부업을 하는 N잡러가 늘고 있어.
More people are working side jobs alongside their main job.
- Quoted from a source
N잡러는 가능성을 뜻하는 ‘N’과 직업을 뜻하는 ‘JOB’, 사람을 뜻하는 ‘~러(er)’가 합쳐진 신조어다.[1]
N잡러 combines N, representing possibility, JOB, and the person-denoting suffix 러, from “-er.”
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Formed from “N + job + ~er.” The 2017 source from Weekly Kyunghyang explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 두 개의 직장 다니는 ‘N잡러’ 홍진아씨 “좋아하는 일, 가치있는 일 병행” (주간경향)Published Nov 15, 2017Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 'N잡러 원조'가 사회초년생에게 알려주는 현실 대처법 (오마이뉴스)Published Aug 12, 2019Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 직장인 10명 가운데 약 4명은 'N잡러' (YTN)Published Nov 25, 2021Original source checked Nov 5, 2026