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Korean slang profile

소주바리 한 잔만

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A meme from a scene in which an English song line was misheard as Korean asking for a drink.

A meme from a scene in which an English song line was misheard as Korean asking for a drink.

Expanded form
Not documented
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Jun 29, 2026
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

    그 노래를 들으면 소주바리 한 잔만 밈이 먼저 생각나.

    Whenever I hear that song, the 소주바리 한 잔만 meme comes to mind first.

02Documented history

  1. June 2026Harper’s Bazaar Korea introduced a scene from ‘차린 건 쥐뿔도 없지만’ in which an English line from an ILLIT song was misheard as Korean.[1]

03Origin & word formation

A 2026 Harper’s Bazaar Korea article introduces a scene from ‘차린 건 쥐뿔도 없지만’ in which Lee Young-ji misheard an English line in ILLIT’s ‘It’s Me’ as this phrase. The original video’s audio and subtitles were not directly checked; only the article’s account is recorded here.

Evidence for the origin explanationLow

The usage in the article was checked, but how the expression was created and the earliest original material could not be established.

04Sources

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

  1. 코르티스 'O크크'가 왜 유행했을까? 케이팝 밈 총정리 | 하퍼스 바자 코리아 (하퍼스 바자 코리아)Published Jun 29, 2026Original source checked Nov 12, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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