Korean slang profile
워케이션
workation
Working from a vacation destination
A way of combining work and leisure while staying at a vacation destination at home or abroad.
- Expanded form
- 일(Work) + 휴가(Vacation)Working from a vacation destination
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jul 24, 2017
- 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
여름에 제주에서 워케이션 하기로 했어.
I'm going to combine work and vacation in Jeju this summer.
- Quoted from a source
이달부터 국내외 어디서든 업무(work)와 휴가(vacation)를 동시에 소화할 수 있는 새로운 근무제도인 '워케이션(wakation)'을 도입한 일본항공(JAL)도 이날 오후 첫 웹 임원회의를 연다.[1]
Starting this month, Japan Airlines (JAL), which introduced '워케이션(wakation)', a new work system that allows employees to work and vacation at the same time anywhere at home or abroad, will also hold its first web executive meeting this afternoon.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- July 2017Starting this month, Japan Airlines (JAL), which introduced '워케이션(wakation)', a new work system that allows employees to work and vacation at the same time anywhere at home or abroad, will also hold its first web executive meeting this afternoon.[1]
- June 2022Yonhap News: “This is because I am in the process of ‘워케이션’ (Working), which combines work and vacation.”[2]
03Origin & word formation
Formed from “일(Work) + 휴가(Vacation).” The 2017 source from Yonhap News explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 日수도권, 24일 '재택·회사밖 근무' 행사 실시…6만 명 참가 (연합뉴스)Published Jul 24, 2017Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 퇴근하는 즉시 휴가 시작…IT업계서 퍼지는 '워케이션' (연합뉴스)Published Jun 26, 2022Original source checked Nov 5, 2026