Korean slang profile
태스크마스킹
taeseukeumaseuking
Acting outwardly as though one is working, regardless of whether productive work is actually being done.
Acting outwardly as though one is working, regardless of whether productive work is actually being done.
- Expanded form
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- Earliest source found
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01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
화면만 바쁘게 넘기는 태스크마스킹에 관한 기사를 읽었어.
I read about 태스크마스킹, busily flipping between screens.
02Documented history
- Publication date unverifiedKorea Economic TV introduced the meaning and usage of 태스크마스킹.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Korea Economic TV reports on Collins Dictionary’s word-of-the-year candidates and defines it as pretending to work. Its extent of use in Korea and the first person to coin it could not be established. Date fields are blank because the displayed publication date differs from date metadata.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The usage in the source was checked, but there is insufficient evidence to establish how the expression is formed or its earliest origin. Date fields were left blank where publication metadata was absent or differed from the displayed date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- AI 시대에 뜬 '올해의 단어'…대체 무슨 뜻? | 한국경제TV (한국경제TV)Original source checked Nov 12, 2026