Korean slang profile
점메추
jeommechu
Lunch recommendations, please
A request for suggestions about what to eat for lunch.
- Expanded form
- 점심 메뉴 추천Lunch recommendations, please
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jul 26, 2022
- Documented trend period
- Around 2022~
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
오늘 점메추 좀 해줘.
Give me some lunch recommendations today.
- Quoted from a source
저메추는 ‘저녁 메뉴 추천’, 점메추는 ‘점심 메뉴 추천’의 줄임말[1]
저메추 is an abbreviation for ‘dinner menu recommendation’ and 점메추 is an abbreviation for ‘lunch menu recommendation.’
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- July 2022Startup & Franchise Media introduced the new word MZ세대 and explained the meaning of ‘점메추’ as an abbreviation for ‘lunch menu recommendation.’ It was covered with words such as ‘별다줄’, ‘갓생’, and ‘어쩔티비’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for 점심 메뉴 추천, a request for lunch recommendations. A 2022 Startup & Franchise article explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The article explicitly explains 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.
- [트렌드] 별다줄, 저메추...신조어 어디까지 알아? (창업&프랜차이즈)Published Jul 26, 2022Original source checked Nov 5, 2026