Korean slang profile
떡버거
tteokbeogeo
Rice-cake burger
A burger made with rice cakes instead of bread.
- Expanded form
- 떡 + hamburger떡 (rice cake) + hamburger
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
음식 전시에서 빵 대신 떡으로 만든 떡버거를 봤다.
At the food exhibition, I saw a 떡버거 made with rice cakes instead of bread.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “떡버거”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A blend of 떡 with the latter part of hamburger. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 24쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026