jobpocalypse
jobpocalypse noun: a period of high unemployment or job losses.
Noun
jobpocalypse (plural jobpocalypses)
- A period of high unemployment or job losses.
- 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.2012, Nicole Cammorata, Words You Should Know 2013: The 201 Words from Science, Politics, Technology, and Pop Culture That Will Change Your Life This Year, page 168
- Mayhem up ahead? Cosmo's got you, girl.
The Ultimate Job-pocalypse Survival Guide2018 January, “The Ultimate Job-pocalypse Survival Guide”, in Cosmopolitan
- The widespread technological unemployment expected to be caused by advances in artificial intelligence.
- But if a generative AI-driven "jobpocalypse" for computer science graduates doesn't seem to explain the graduate male malaise, what does?2025 July 9, John Burn-Murdoch, “Why joblessness is increasing for male graduates: Opinion Data Points”, in Financial Times, page 8
Forms of jobpocalypse
| plural | jobpocalypses |
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Origin of jobpocalypse
From job + -pocalypse. The "caused by artificial intelligence" sense may have popularized by the Financial Times newspaper in late 2025.
Questions about jobpocalypse
- What does jobpocalypse mean?
- Jobpocalypse means a period of high unemployment or job losses.
- What part of speech is jobpocalypse?
- Jobpocalypse is a noun.
- What is the plural of jobpocalypse?
- The plural of jobpocalypse is jobpocalypses.
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