Korean slang profile
신 샌드위치증후군
sin saendeuwichijeunghugun
Feeling unrecognized at work and home
A metaphor of the time for employees’ anxiety and conflict from feeling unrecognized both at work and at home.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 1999
- 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
옛 직장 문화 자료에 신 샌드위치증후군이라는 표현이 등장한다.
The expression 신 샌드위치증후군 appears in old workplace culture material.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 explains this expression as a separate entry. This is the checked source’s publication period; first use and the coiner were not verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 183. This is a glossary of everyday, current-affairs, and specialist terms of the time rather than a new-word survey. Only inclusion was checked; the birth year or period of popular use was not verified. This is a figurative label for employees’ concerns at the time, not a medical diagnosis.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026