Korean slang profile
원 포인트 식단
won pointeu sikdan
Frugal one-main-dish meal plan
A frugal meal plan with just one main side dish and preserved side dishes for the rest.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 원포인트 식단
- Earliest source found
- Nov 6, 1998
- 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
오늘은 찌개 하나를 중심으로 원 포인트 식단을 차렸다.
Today I prepared a 원 포인트 식단 centered on one stew.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
서울신문 in 1998 introduces it as a meal plan concentrating on one main side dish. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definition and context were checked in one 1998 article. First use and the extent of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 달라진 사회상(IMF체제 1년:2) (서울신문)Published Nov 6, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026