Korean slang profile
사무실 지박령
samusil jibakryeong
A ghost metaphor for an office worker stuck at the office for long hours, such as because of overtime.
A ghost metaphor for an office worker stuck at the office for long hours, such as because of overtime.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 30, 2018
- 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
마감 때문에 늦게까지 남자 동료가 사무실 지박령이 됐다고 농담했다.
When I stayed late for a deadline, a coworker joked I had become 사무실 지박령.
02Documented history
- November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026