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먹방

meokbang

🇰🇷 Korean slang from Seoul

What does “먹방” mean?

mukbang: a video of someone eating

Example

“자기 전에 먹방 보면 배고파져.”
jagi jeone meokbang bomyeon baegopajyeo.
Watching mukbangs before bed makes me hungry.

Good to know

먹다 (eat) + 방송 (broadcast).

Who you can say it to

Fine with anyone

🌮 Food

The textbook way to say it: 먹는 방송

Heard in a conversation

Iced americano in January

Yuna 콜. 근데 내돈내산 후기였어? 광고면 노답이야.
Deal. But was it an honest review, bought with their own money? If it's an ad, it's hopeless.
Doyun 레알 내돈내산. 먹방 영상도 봤는데 개꿀이더라.
For real, their own money. I watched a mukbang too and it looked like a sweet deal.
Yuna 좋아, 갓생은 내일부터. 오늘은 플렉스!
Fine, the disciplined life starts tomorrow. Tonight we splurge!

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