Korean slang profile
멍줍
meongjup
Taking a dog found without an owner on the street home to care for it.
Taking a dog found without an owner on the street home to care for it.
- Expanded form
- 멍멍이 줍기멍멍이 줍기 (picking up a dog)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 30, 2018
- 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
멍줍이라는 표현의 뜻을 유기동물 관련 기사에서 처음 알았다.
I first learned what 멍줍 means in an article about abandoned animals.
02Documented history
- November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 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.
- 2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026