Korean slang profile
워크슬롭
wokeuseullop
AI-generated work that looks plausible but is weak in substance and requires coworkers to review and fix it, or the burden it creates.
AI-generated work that looks plausible but is weak in substance and requires coworkers to review and fix it, or the burden it creates.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Oct 19, 2026
- 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
출처를 확인하지 않은 보고서가 워크슬롭이 되지 않게 다시 검토했어.
I reviewed the report again so its unchecked sources wouldn’t turn it into 워크슬롭.
02Documented history
- October 2026Seoul Shinmun introduced the meaning and usage of 워크슬롭.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Seoul Shinmun introduces a workplace phenomenon of passing the cleanup of AI output to coworkers. How the name was first coined could not be established. Who first used it and when could not be determined.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The meaning and usage were checked in the source, but how the expression was created could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- AI로 ‘딸깍’ 업무 끝낸 동료… 뒷수습은 또 김대리 몫 | 서울신문 (서울신문)Published Oct 19, 2026Original source checked Nov 12, 2026