班味
释义 DEFINITION
『班味』是2023年爆红的职场梗，字面意思是『上班的味道』，实际指代两种含义：
- 生理层面：长时间加班导致的体味/疲惫状态（如衬衫汗渍、咖啡口气、黑眼圈）
- 心理层面：被职场规训后的思维模式（如说话带PPT腔、习惯性回复『收到』、下意识卷加班）
互联网语境中更多用于第二种含义，形容打工人在长期高压工作环境下形成的『职业性人格面具』。该词常见于职场话题讨论，带有自嘲缓解焦虑的功能。
词源故事 ETYMOLOGY
『班味』的走红始于2023年3月知乎热帖《为什么上班后的人都有种班味？》。发帖人观察到：大学同学聚会时，工作三年以上的朋友普遍出现『眼神空洞化』『话题PPT化』『肢体语言标准化』等特征，仿佛被职场安装了统一操作系统。
这个概念迅速引发共鸣，网友总结出『班味』三大诊断标准：
- 时间认知障碍（所有日程按工作日历安排）
- 表达方式异化（开口必用『赋能』『闭环』等黑话）
- 审美扁平化（自动选择最保险的职场穿搭）
豆瓣小组出现『班味清洁指南』，教授周末祛班味技巧：从删除企业微信到练习『非职业化大笑』。B站UP主『咸鱼张』拍摄的《班味养成实验》用夸张手法展现应届毕业生如何三个月内从『眼里有光』变成『行尸走肉』，获超200万播放。
典型案例：某大厂员工分享经历——连续加班两周后，在超市听见『晨会马上开始』的广播提示音竟本能地立正站好，发现是促销广告后陷入自我怀疑。这条微博被转发4.6万次，评论区成为『班味受害者』大型认亲现场。
DEFINITION
The term Ban Wei (literally 'shift smell') has two layered meanings in Chinese internet culture:
- Physical manifestation: The accumulated bodily traces of office life - think coffee breath, sweat-stained dress shirts, and perpetual dark circles from overtime.
- Psychological imprint: The corporate-programmed mental patterns like automatically responding 'Received' to messages, speaking in PowerPoint-ese, or compulsively working late to appear dedicated.
It's primarily used to describe the loss of personal identity through workplace assimilation, similar to how Western millennials joke about becoming 'corporate zombies.' The term gained traction as Chinese youth push back against 996 culture through dark humor.
ETYMOLOGY
The concept exploded when a Zhihu post titled Why Do Office Workers All Have That 'Shift Smell'? went viral in March 2023. The author noted how college friends who'd worked 3+ years developed uniform traits: dead-eyed stares, conversation topics revolving around KPIs, and robot-like mannerisms - as if corporate life installed the same operating system in everyone.
Netizens quickly established diagnostic criteria for Ban Wei:
- Time dysphoria: Scheduling bathroom breaks like calendar meetings
- Linguistic corruption: Speaking exclusively in biz-buzzwords like 'synergy' and 'deliverables'
- Aesthetic sterilization: Defaulting to 'corporate camouflage' outfits
On Douban, groups emerged sharing Ban Wei Detox Guides - tips ranging from deleting work apps on weekends to practicing 'unprofessional laughter.' Bilibili creator 'Salty Fish Zhang' gained 2M+ views with The Office Conditioning Experiment, documenting how a bright-eyed grad transformed into a corporate zombie within 3 months.
A defining moment came when a tech worker tweeted: After pulling 80-hour weeks, he instinctively stood at attention upon hearing 'Morning meeting starting now'...in a grocery store PA system. The tweet's 46K retweets revealed how many saw themselves in this tragicomic loss of self to work culture.