Korean slang profile
퇴직 크레바스
toejik keurebaseu
The period without income between retirement and receiving a pension, likened to a deep crevasse.
The period without income between retirement and receiving a pension, likened to a deep crevasse.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2015
- 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
은퇴 설계 기사는 퇴직 크레바스를 소득 공백의 비유로 썼다.
The retirement-planning article used 퇴직 크레바스 as a metaphor for the income gap.
02Documented history
- 2015-12-10The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and contemporary examples of “퇴직 크레바스” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2015년 신어”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 160; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2015년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2015Original source checked Nov 14, 2026