Korean slang profile
맛점
matjeom
Enjoy your lunch
Short for 맛있는 점심 드세요, a greeting offered around lunchtime.
- Expanded form
- 맛있는 점심Enjoy your lunch
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2013
- 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
다들 맛점!
Enjoy your lunch, everyone!
- Quoted from a source
맛점/맛저(맛있는 점심/저녁)[1]
맛점 and 맛저: a delicious lunch or dinner.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- Spring 2013The National Institute of the Korean Language’s ‘New Korean Language Life’ Nuri Communication Network Saemal paper included ‘맛점/맛저 (delicious lunch/dinner)’ in the list of new words used on SNS.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for 맛있는 점심, meaning a delicious lunch. The spring 2013 issue of the National Institute of Korean Language's New Korean Language Life explains 맛점 and 맛저 together. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
A government publication explicitly explains the term. When it began is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 누리소통망과 새말의 형성 — 새국어생활 제23권 제1호(2013년 봄) (국립국어원)Published 2013Original source checked Nov 5, 2026