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민초파

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Korean Internet CultureCLUSTER: korean_food_debate

Korean internet term for the faction of people who like mint chocolate (민트초코, shortened to 민초) in the long-running joke debate over whether it is delicious or tastes like toothpaste. The opposing side is the 반민초파 (anti-mint-choco faction). The word is playful and usually used to declare one's side in the argument.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"A proud 민초파 always orders the mint scoop."

LORE & ORIGIN

Combines 민초 (clipping of 민트초코) with 파 ("faction, camp"), the usual Korean way of naming a side in a taste dispute. A Korean Wikipedia article on mint chocolate says it splits opinion sharply in Korea and cites a 2020 JoongAng Ilbo article titled around a "mint-choco war"; the article does not use the word 민초파 itself. The existing entry minchodan covers the related "camp" word.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (no dated source found for the word 민초파 itself)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2019 onward, still in use

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KR민초파 →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

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TREND STATUS

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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

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RELATED TERMS

민초단

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DOCUMENTED SINCE

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