Kroot · Street Talk 🇰🇷
yeol-jeong-pei · literally “passion pay”
Being underpaid and told to be grateful for the experience
그 인턴십 완전 열정페이야.
That internship pays in 'experience' and nothing else.
Where it comes from
열정 (passion) + pay — a bitter coinage from the 2010s job market.
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