Korean slang profile
토스트 아웃
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A figurative expression for continuing to perform one’s duties outwardly while motivation and energy decline internally.
A figurative expression for continuing to perform one’s duties outwardly while motivation and energy decline internally.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 토스트아웃
- Earliest source found
- Sep 4, 2024
- 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
지친 마음을 숨긴 채 일하는 모습을 토스트 아웃이라고 부르더라.
Apparently, working while hiding exhaustion is called 토스트 아웃.
02Documented history
- September 2024이투데이 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 explained it in 2024 by likening exhaustion from stress and repeated boredom to bread just before it burns. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [이투데이 말투데이] 할석분좌(割席分坐)/토스트 아웃 (이투데이)Published Sep 4, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026