Korean slang profile
섹시푸드
seksipudeu
A witty way of praising delicious food.
A witty way of praising delicious food.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 섹시 푸드
- Earliest source found
- Feb 24, 2025
- 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
갓 구운 빵 냄새부터 섹시푸드네.
Just the smell of that freshly baked bread—섹시푸드.
02Documented history
- 2025-02-24The Korea Economic Daily defined the expression used in a company’s social-media food post as delicious food.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2025 Korea Economic Daily article gives the spelling 섹시 푸드 in an example from a company’s social-media account and defines it as delicious food. The source does not establish how it was first named or when it spread.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked directly in the article. The original material and when the expression was coined need separate verification.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- "완전 싹싹김치"…요즘 뜨는 Z세대 신조어 정체에 '발칵' [트렌드+] (한국경제)Published Feb 24, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026