Korean slang profile
홈브루
hombeuru
Homebrewing or homebrewed beer
Making and enjoying beer at home, or the beer made that way.
- Expanded form
- home brewhome brew
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
취미 생활을 다룬 잡지에서 홈브루를 소개했다.
A magazine about hobbies introduced 홈브루.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “홈브루”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Borrowed from the English expression meaning brewing at home. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 68쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026