mokbang

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Korean 먹방 (meokbang, mukbang, literally eating broadcast), blend of 먹— (meok-, “to eat”) + (, bang) (short for 방송 (放送, bangsong, “broadcast”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔk.bʌŋ]
  • Hyphenation: mok‧bang

Noun

mokbang

  1. (neologism, social media) mukbang, an online video broadcast in which a person eats while interacting with their audience

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