Korean slang profile
먹슬림
meokseulrim
An approach to losing weight while eating meals rather than skipping them.
An approach to losing weight while eating meals rather than skipping them.
- Expanded form
- 먹다 + 슬림(slim)먹다 + 슬림(slim) (eating + slim)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 30, 2017
- 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
먹슬림이라는 표현을 보고 식사를 챙기는 생활 습관을 생각해 봤다.
Seeing 먹슬림 made me think about the habit of eating regular meals.
02Documented history
- November 2017The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 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.
- 2017년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2017Original source checked Nov 14, 2026