Korean slang profile
실업예정자
sileopyejeongja
A play on “prospective graduate” expressing the difficulty of finding work even as graduation approaches.
A play on “prospective graduate” expressing the difficulty of finding work even as graduation approaches.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Sep 16, 2011
- 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
졸업생의 취업난을 다룬 기사에서 실업예정자라는 표현을 썼어.
An article on graduates’ difficulty finding jobs used the term 실업예정자.
02Documented history
- 2011-09-16The verified source introduced this expression and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The spelling and this usage were directly checked in the body of the cited article. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The context and explanation in one article were directly compared. The article’s date does not establish when the expression was coined or first became popular.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘삼포세대’ ‘거마대학생’…취업난 속 신조어 봇물Published Sep 16, 2011Original source checked Nov 14, 2026