Meaning of mukbang | Babel Free

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An online video broadcast in which a person eats while interacting with their audience.

countable, uncountable

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“After all there's a huge market in South Korea for mukbangs. That's where someone is streaming as they eat⟳. […] In any case there seem to be no particular types that are successful at streaming a mukbang since there are pretty young girls and heavy guys that seem to get⟳ a lot of viewers.”

“I also get⟳ the sense⟳, though, that some of those who, for whatever reason⟳, often end⟳ up eating alone are tuning in for a dose of mukbang at mealtimes to get⟳ some virtual company (see⟳ the “Social Dining” chapter).”

“In each group of comments, the intersectionality of Kinoshita's identity markers is compounded as she is singled out as a mukbang eater, a female mukbang eater, a slim female mukbang eater, and finally a slim Asian female mukbang eater, […]”

“I eat⟳ the pussy like⟳ a mukbang, let⟳ my nuts hang⟳”

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