budak korporat
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of budak (“slave”) + korporat (“corporate”). Compare to Japanese 社畜 (shachiku).
Noun
budak korporat (plural budak-budak korporat or para budak korporat)
- (colloquial) wage slave, wagecuck, wagie (overworked and exploited employee)
Further reading
- “budak korporat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016