Jobpocalypse

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A period of high unemployment or job losses. humorous, informal, sometimes

    "When the nation first went through high rates of unemployment recently, it wasn’t just a job crisis; it was a jobpocalypse or a hiring-pocalypse."

  2. 2
    The widespread technological unemployment expected to be caused by advances in artificial intelligence. specifically

    "But if a generative AI-driven "jobpocalypse" for computer science graduates doesn't seem to explain the graduate male malaise, what does?"

Example

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"When the nation first went through high rates of unemployment recently, it wasn’t just a job crisis; it was a jobpocalypse or a hiring-pocalypse."

Etymology

From job + -pocalypse. The "caused by artificial intelligence" sense may have popularized by the Financial Times newspaper in late 2025.

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