Nuance Dictionary / Slang & Internet Culture
오지라퍼 ojirapeo
An over-involved colleague who micro-manages tasks and pries into personal matters that have zero to do with them.
What does 오지라퍼 mean?
오지라퍼 (ojirapeo) means: An over-involved colleague who micro-manages tasks and pries into personal matters that have zero to do with them.
Speakers use this term to describe a colleague who interferes with tasks that do not concern them or meddles in office affairs. It frequently appears in discussions about workplace boundaries and unwanted involvement in shared projects. It often combines with verbs describing habitual intrusion or social overreach.
In an office setting, calling someone an 오지라퍼 can feel pointed and critical, framing helpfulness as an annoying lack of boundaries.
In an office setting, calling someone an 오지라퍼 can feel pointed and critical, framing helpfulness as an annoying lack of boundaries.
How it's actually used
- 남의 일에 사사건건 참견하는 오지라퍼 때문에 피곤하다.
nam-ui il-e sasa-geong-geon cham-gyeon-haneun ojirapeo ttaemun-e pigon-hada.
I'm exhausted because of that workplace busybody who meddles in everyone's business.
💡 complaining about a meddlesome coworker - 우리 팀 오지라퍼가 또 다른 팀 업무까지 나서서 간섭하고 있다.
uri tim ojirapeo-ga tto dareun tim eopmu-kkaji naseoseo ganseop-hago itda.
Our team's busybody is stepping in and interfering with another team's work again.
💡 describing a colleague crossing departmental lines - 사내 오지라퍼로 소문난 그 사람이 내 기획안을 두고 또 참견을 했다.
sanae ojirapeo-ro somun-nan geu saram-i nae gihoeg-an-eul dugo tto cham-gyeon-eul haetda.
That person, notorious at the office as a busybody, meddled with my project proposal again.
💡 frustration over unsolicited interference on a proposal
Related words in Slang & Internet Culture
오조오억 ojo-ogeok옥동자 ok-dong-ja폼 미쳤다 pom-mi-cheot-da폼생폼사 pomsaengpomsa뻥치다 ppong-chi-da