Korean slang profile

빵공

ppanggong

Studying in a bakery or pastry shop.

Expanded form: Not documented
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Sep 7, 2020
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
오늘은 빵공 대신 도서관에서 공부하려고 해.
Today I’m going to study at the library rather than a bakery.

02Documented history

September 2020MBC introduced ‘빵공’ as a new expression for changing study locations, explaining that it derives from ‘카공족’.[1]
October 2020전북일보 introduced ‘빵공족’, explaining it as a shift from studying in cafés to studying in pastry shops.[2]

03Origin & word formation

A 2020 MBC article introduces ‘빵공’ as derived from ‘카공족’ (people who study in cafés). A 전북일보 article that year explains ‘빵공족’ as people studying in pastry shops. Who first used the shortened form and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The explanations of the standalone ‘빵공’ and the derived ‘빵공족’ were compared. The precise process of coining it and its first use could not be established.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

[뉴스터치] 코로나19로 날마다 새로운 신조어 등장 (MBC)Published Sep 7, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
[NIE] ‘코로나 신조어’를 통해 본 2020 대한민국 (전북일보)Published Oct 15, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026