Korean slang profile
HMR
HMR
An abbreviation for convenience meals that can be heated or cooked simply at home.
An abbreviation for convenience meals that can be heated or cooked simply at home.
- Expanded form
- Home Meal ReplacementHome Meal Replacement
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jul 25, 2019
- 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
간단히 데워 먹을 수 있는 HMR 제품으로 한 끼를 준비했다.
I prepared a meal with an HMR product that only needed heating.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Fair Trade Commission material gives ‘HMR, Home Meal Replacement’ alongside the Korean term for convenience meals at home. 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.
- 즉석삼계탕 비교정보 생산결과 (공정거래위원회·정책브리핑)Published Jul 25, 2019Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
- 풀무원, 생면사업 연 매출 1천억 돌파…첫 밀키트 출시, 여름면 시장 공략 (데일리안)Published May 15, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026