Korean slang profile
오피스 빌런
opiseu billeon
A term comparing someone who causes workplace conflicts through bullying or dumping work on others to a villain.
A term comparing someone who causes workplace conflicts through bullying or dumping work on others to a villain.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 오피스빌런
- Earliest source found
- Mar 15, 2024
- 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
오피스 빌런을 소재로 한 풍자 영상을 봤다.
I watched a satirical video about an 오피스 빌런.
02Documented history
- March 2024이투데이 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 explained it in 2024 as combining foreign-language words for a workplace and a villain. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [이투데이 말투데이] 인언가외(人言可畏)/오피스 빌런 (이투데이)Published Mar 15, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026