Etymology

mukbang

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Today it means: An online video broadcast in which a person eats. Full definition →

Korean 먹방
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  1. Korean · borrowed from먹방
  2. English todaymukbang

Borrowed from Korean 먹방 (meokbang, literally “eating broadcast”).

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