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[Korean Slang] #5 혼밥(Eating alone)

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May 6, 2024

Welcome to Wikinae’s Korean Slang #5

Do you prefer eating alone? Or with someone else?

As the number of people eating alone increased rapidly, Koreans even coined a new term to refer to it 🍚

In today’s post, let’s find out how Koreans say “eating alone”!

✔️혼밥 is short for ‘혼자 밥 먹기’ which means ‘eating alone’.

In Korean culture, 혼밥 was sometimes used in a negative context because eating alone meant that the person had no other companion to eat with.
However, this perspective is changing with the increase in single-person households in Korea.

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Examples

A: 퇴근하고 약속 있어?

Do you have any plans after work?

B: 아니, 오늘 저녁은 혼밥할 거야.

No, I’m going to eat alone tonight.

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0:45 — Da-som says “저 프로 혼밥러예요” which means “I’m a pro at eating alone”

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