Korean slang profile
푸드 포비아
pudeu pobia
Fear or aversion toward eating after hearing of food-safety incidents.
Fear or aversion toward eating after hearing of food-safety incidents.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- 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
식품 사고 이후의 소비 심리를 설명하며 푸드 포비아라는 말을 썼다.
We used 푸드 포비아 to explain consumer sentiment after a food incident.
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