Culture Word Stage 2 · Comprehension
먹방
mukbang
Eating broadcast / mukbang
🗣️ How to say it
muk-bang — the ㄱ softens before ㅂ. Globally known as 'mukbang.'
📊 Meaning spectrum
eating show →watching someone eat →an eating spectacle
💬 When to use it
A video/livestream of someone eating large amounts of food. Now an English loanword too.
오늘 저녁은 먹방 보면서 먹자. 🔊
Let's eat tonight while watching a mukbang.
🧠 Culture note
먹다 (to eat) + 방송 (broadcast). A Korean-born internet genre that went global — one of the few Korean words now in English dictionaries.
✅ Use it / ❌ Don't
✅ Talking about eating-show content
✅ Describing a streamer's food video
🎯 Quick quiz
What does 먹방 mean?