Etymology

jobpocalypse

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Today it means: A period of high unemployment or job losses. Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.