Food slang

A suffix built from "haneunim" (God), swapping in the name of anyone you want to praise or worship — e.g. "Yu-neunim" (broadcaster Yoo Jae-suk), "Chi-neunim" (fried chicken).

It is a derogatory expression used to belittle teenagers who eat school meals.

A prefix meaning "god-" — attached to something's name to praise it as god-tier, e.g. "god-meshi" (a god-tier meal), "god-hanminguk" (Korea as a god-tier country), "god-su" (a rich person with no job).

A slur for overweight people, supposedly from the labored "pao-hu, kumcheok-kumcheok" breathing sound an overweight person makes — originally the sound one particular mukbang streamer made while eating.

"Half fried chicken, half seasoned chicken, extra pickled radish," shortened — a common chicken-delivery order.

A play on "MLB Park," a baseball community site with a large KIA Tigers fanbase, blended with a slur ("hongeo," a fermented skate dish) used to belittle the Jeolla region.

Started when a DC Inside user posted a comic about people in Busan mixing completely mismatched foods together, quoting a Busan dialect line, "Just mix it and eat!" ("Ma! Sseuka mugeura!"). The comic went viral, and afterward "seuka" came to mean mixing incompatible foods, with "Seuka-guk" ("Mix Country") used as a derogatory nickname for Busan. The term spread from DC Inside to many other Korean communities.

"My mouth is already watering" — anticipating something delicious.

"Mukbang" — an eating broadcast, short for "eating while broadcasting." Took off after a scene of an actor eating gimbap in the film Sea Fog struck audiences. Meant to make viewers hungry watching someone else eat.

It says that a certain food is very delicious.

"Stomach-tempting photo," shortened — a photo of delicious-looking food.

"Obviously, all chicken is right/justified" — a jokey declaration that chicken is always a good choice.

"Chicken for dinner tonight?" — a casual invitation.

A blend of "burger" and "station zone" (how close somewhere is to a subway stop) — measures how many burger places are within easy reach. Some services even score locations by nearby fast-food density.

"The more you know, the less likable" — a pun on the name of the short-rib dish "galbi."

Slang for something that looks expensive but is actually low quality for the price. Named after a convenience-store meal series fronted by singer Kim Chang-ryul, whose small portions and poor quality relative to price made "Changryul" a byword for a bad deal. Used as a noun ("Changryul") or adjective ("Changryul-hada").

: A term likened to blood alcohol concentration, used to describe how often one has eaten mala dishes.

It refers to a student who buys bread at the school store, in other words, an errand boy.

It is used for foods that have both sweet and salty flavors, or for situations where sweet and salty foods are eaten alternately.

Chicken + Beer

It means that Korean chicken is delicious.

From English "even" — evenly, uniformly. Took off from judging comments on the cooking show Culinary Class Wars.

Short for "national rule" — the default everyone agrees on, the obvious way to do something. "Chicken with beer is gungnyul."

"Stock" + "child" — a beginner investor. The "-rini" suffix now marks beginners at anything (gym, cooking).

"Chewing doctor" — someone who knows every good restaurant and what to order, an expert in eating.