noun🔥 Gen-Z slang

mukbang

an eating-show video

What it means

A video or livestream where the host eats large amounts of food on camera, often while chatting with viewers, with the eating sounds and reactions being a big part of the appeal. Viewers tune in for the company, the ASMR-like sounds, or just the spectacle.

Examples

  • I watched a two-hour seafood mukbang and now I'm starving.
  • Her mukbangs are weirdly relaxing to fall asleep to.
  • He did a spicy noodle mukbang and cried the whole time.
  • Mukbang creators eat more in one video than I do all week.

Where it comes from

From the Korean word "meokbang" (먹방), a blend of "meokneun" (eating) and "bangsong" (broadcast); the format started on South Korean platform AfreecaTV around 2010 and spread globally through YouTube.

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