# jobpocalypse

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A period of high unemployment or job losses.
2. The widespread technological unemployment expected to be caused by advances in artificial intelligence.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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