Korean slang profile
짬짜볶
jjamjjabok
A collective abbreviation for jjamppong, jjajangmyeon, and fried rice.
A collective abbreviation for jjamppong, jjajangmyeon, and fried rice.
- Expanded form
- 짬뽕·짜장면·볶음밥짬뽕·짜장면·볶음밥 (jjamppong, jjajangmyeon, and fried rice)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 21, 2016
- 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
오늘 요리 수업에서는 짬짜볶의 불맛을 내는 법을 배웠다.
In today's cooking class, we learned how to give 짬짜볶 a smoky wok flavor.
02Documented history
- 2016The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2016 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2016 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2016년 신어 조사 및 사용 주기 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 21, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026