Korean slang profile
퇴푸
toepu
Food to eat after leaving work.
Food to eat after leaving work.
- Expanded form
- 퇴근푸드퇴근푸드 (after-work food)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 22, 2023
- 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
오늘 퇴푸는 따뜻한 국수로 정했어.
I decided on warm noodles for my after-work meal today.
02Documented history
- 2023-03-22The 한겨레 source used the expression ‘퇴푸’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source explains it as ‘퇴근푸드’ (after-work food). Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [옵스큐라] 당신들만 모르는 사실 (한겨레)Published Mar 22, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026