Korean slang profile
혼영
honyeong
Going to the movies alone
Watching a movie by yourself.
- Expanded form
- 혼자 영화Going to the movies alone
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 2018
- 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
주말에 혼영하고 왔어.
I went to the movies alone over the weekend.
- Quoted from a source
혼영: ‘혼자서 영화 보러가다’의 줄임말.[1]
혼영: Abbreviation for ‘going to the movies alone.’
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- December 2018Sports Kyunghyang introduced ‘혼영’ as an abbreviation for ‘going to the movies alone’ in its 2018 summary of new words.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for 혼자 영화 or 혼자서 영화 보러가다, watching or going to a movie alone. Sports Kyunghyang and Gobang give expansions involving 혼자 영화. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
Two articles explicitly explain the term. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [스경X연말정산] ‘핵인싸’ 되는 2018 신조어 총정리 2편 (스포츠경향)Published Dec 28, 2018Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 성인남녀 70%는 이미 ‘혼족’, 혼족문화 어디까지 왔을까? (고방)Published May 23, 2022Original source checked Nov 5, 2026