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🤤ㅈㅁㅌ

/jon-mat-taeng/

An initial-consonant form of 존맛탱, meaning food is extremely delicious. It is also commonly written as JMT, a shorthand for the same Korean expression.
ㅈㅁㅌ meaning visual explanation
💬 Online community🌀 MultipleFirst seen 2010

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The expression comes from 존맛탱, an intensified food-review phrase built around 존맛. It spread through online communities, comments, SNS, and food posts; the exact first use is hard to pin down, so 2010 is an approximate early internet-use year.

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  • "This tteokbokki is seriously ㅈㅁㅌ."
  • "That café’s salt bread? JMT."

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"This tteokbokki is seriously ㅈㅁㅌ."

💬 Online community🌀 Multiple2010

originThe expression comes from 존맛탱, an intensified food-review phrase built around 존맛. It spread through online communities, comments, SNS, and food posts; the exact first use is hard to pin down, so 2010 is an approximate early internet-use year.

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"What should we eat today? Chicken? Obviously—dang-mo-chi."

💬 Online community🌀 Multiple2010

originThe phrase compresses “당연히 모든 치킨은 옳다,” literally “of course, all chicken is right.” It spread through Korean internet and everyday food-choice culture, where chicken is treated as a fail-proof late-night or delivery menu. People use it to strongly endorse chicken, regardless of style, sauce, or brand. A related chicken meme phrase is “오저치고,” meaning “chicken for dinner today, go.”

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"Enough dinner debating. Chicken tonight?"

💬 Online community🌀 Multiple2020

originThe phrase compresses the initials of “Let’s go with chicken for dinner tonight.” It spread as a quick dinner-menu meme in chats and online posts, often paired with ‘dang-mo-chi,’ the idea that all chicken is always correct.

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