Korean slang profile
맥월드
maekwoldeu
Global fast-food culture
The fast-food culture spread worldwide by McDonald’s.
- Expanded form
- McDonald + worldMcDonald + world
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- 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
그 책은 맥월드라는 말로 세계의 비슷해진 식문화를 설명했다.
The book used 맥월드 to explain increasingly similar food cultures around the world.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “맥월드” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Formed by retaining parts of “McDonald + world”. The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 lists this headword and its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 277 (printed page 253) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular. This was read in the section tracking the use of previously surveyed terms; it is not claimed to have originated in 2005.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026