Korean slang profile
홈쿡
home cook
Cooking at home
Preparing food yourself at home.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 16, 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
주말엔 홈쿡으로 파스타를 만들어 먹어.
I cook pasta at home on the weekend.
- Quoted from a source
그 외 홈캉스(160%), 홈카페(53%), 홈요가(43%), 홈쿡(19%), 홈술·홈바(13%), 홈베이킹(12%), 홈스쿨(7%) 순으로 증가했다.[1]
In addition, 홈캉스 (160%), 홈카페 (53%), home yoga (43%), 홈쿡 (19%), 홈술/home bar (13%), home baking (12%), and home school (7%) increased in that order.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- March 2019In addition, 홈캉스 (160%), 홈카페 (53%), home yoga (43%), 홈쿡 (19%), 홈술/home bar (13%), home baking (12%), and home school (7%) increased in that order.[1]
- April 2021Mudeung Ilbo: “As people spend more time at home due to the coronavirus, ‘홈쿡’, cooking your own food at home, is becoming popular.”[2]
03Origin & word formation
Where the expression originated has not been verified. The 2019 source from Kyunghyang Shinmun only explains the meaning.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The meaning is supported, but the sources do not explain how the expression was formed.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 우리 집을 누린다…집돌이·집순이의 진화 ‘홈족’ (경향신문)Published Mar 16, 2019Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 홈쿡 열풍에 주방용품 '잘나가네' (무등일보)Published Apr 12, 2021Original source checked Nov 5, 2026