mukbang
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mukbang
First recorded in 2010–15; from Korean meokbang, from meok “to eat” + bang(song) “broadcast”
Example Sentences
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Fried chicken, a staple of South Korean cuisine, is eaten everywhere from family gatherings to "mukbang" livestreams, often paired with cold beer during baseball games.
From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025
On TikTok and YouTube, mukbang — videos of people eating — of South Korean convenience store foods have gathered millions of views.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
These influencers are most prominent on YouTube, where the most popular trends include binge-eating mukbang, lifestyle vlogging of fancy cafe cultures and K-pop fandom homages like visits to pop-up stores by idol groups.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022
The genre's fans say they like playing mukbang videos in the background while they eat, especially if they are eating alone - they say it makes them feel less lonely.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2022
This particular eel mukbang, to Rita S. Mehta, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was cinematic gold: footage that showed the bite, the prey transport with secondary jaws and the swallow.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2021
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