Korean slang profile
메가곱빼기
megagopppaegi
Two or three bowls’ worth in one serving
A large serving containing the equivalent of two or three bowls of food in one bowl.
- Expanded form
- mega + 곱빼기mega + extra-large serving
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
식당 메뉴판에 여러 사람이 나눠 먹을 메가곱빼기가 있었다.
The restaurant menu offered 메가곱빼기 for several people to share.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “메가곱빼기”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It adds mega, conveying very large size, to 곱빼기 to emphasize quantity. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 10월 4주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026