Korean slang profile
힙화점
hiphwajeom
A department store with restaurants, curated shops, and experience spaces appealing to younger consumers.
A department store with restaurants, curated shops, and experience spaces appealing to younger consumers.
- Expanded form
- Hip + 백화점Hip + 백화점 (hip + department store)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 17, 2020
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
맛집과 편집 매장을 구경하러 힙화점에 들렀어.
I stopped by the hip department store to browse restaurants and curated shops.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
The supplemental article introduces it as a nickname for new department-store spaces, explaining it as combining Hip with 백화점 (department store). Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- “#SNS 맛집 다 모였네”… 롯데百 영등포점, 힙지로 뛰어 넘을까 (조선비즈)Published Dec 17, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
- 'MZ세대' 마케팅에 열 올리는 기업들 (스포츠서울)Published Jan 11, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026