Korean slang profile
냉부해
naengbuhae
Short for ‘냉장고를 부탁해’.
Short for JTBC's ‘냉장고를 부탁해’, a cooking competition using ingredients from guests' refrigerators.
- Expanded form
- 냉장고를 부탁해냉장고를 부탁해 (please take care of my refrigerator)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 7, 2016
- 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
냉부해를 보고 남은 재료로 저녁을 만들어 봤다.
After watching 냉부해, I tried making dinner with leftover ingredients.
02Documented history
- March 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The 비엔티뉴스 article uses the program title ‘냉장고를 부탁해’ alongside its abbreviation. Who created the abbreviation and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The full title and abbreviation were compared in the original. This is the examined source's publication date, not the abbreviation's creation date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘냉부해’ 이특, 정리정돈-절약王 등극…‘의외의 면모’ (bnt뉴스)Published Mar 7, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026