What does menbung mean in Korean?
멘붕 Menbung
Also written: 멘탈붕괴
Meaning
Mental collapse; brain short-circuit from shock.
- When
- Appeared around 2011, peaked around 2013
- Heard in
- daily life, feelings, humor
- Feels
- negative, humor
- Politeness
- Casual. Fine with friends and online; skip it in formal writing or with people you should be polite to.
How Koreans use Menbung
일정 다 꼬여서 멘붕 왔다.
My whole schedule got tangled and I had a menbung.
그 말에 멘붕.
Menbung at that comment.
Similar slang in other languages
- US English
- shook, crash out, cortisol spike
- UK English
- menty b, omnishambles
- Japanese
- 詰んだ
- Chinese (mainland)
- 芭比Q
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- Spanish
- liarla
- French
- en PLS