Korean slang profile

학식

haksik

A university student cafeteria

An abbreviation for a university's student cafeteria.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
점심은 학식으로 해결했어.
I had lunch at the student cafeteria.
Quoted from a source
학식(학생식당)[1]
학식 (Student Cafeteria)
English translation by Julimmal.

April 2012The Fact (formerly Sports Seoul.com) dealt with college student abbreviations and reported that new abbreviations such as ‘복전 (double major) and 학식 (student cafeteria)’ are continuously being added.[1]
April 2024Duksung Women’s University Newspaper: “Our university’s student cafeteria (hereinafter referred to as 학식) operates 학식 by signing a contract with an external company, Genesis F&B, and outsourcing corner and menu composition to the company.”[2]

Short for 학생식당, a student cafeteria. A 2012 article explicitly expands it in parentheses. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.