점메추 (jeommechu) — Please recommend a lunch menu.
Lesson 81 in our Korean Slang series, adapted from Korean Your Teacher Doesn’t Teach You by Injin Hwang. This expression appears in the book’s shortened expressions section.
What 점메추 means
Friends and coworkers use 점메추 when no one can decide what to eat at midday. It abbreviates 점심 메뉴 추천. The situation and tone help determine how natural the expression sounds.
A short conversation
A: 오늘 점메추 부탁해.
B: 비 오니까 칼국수 어때?
A: Give me a lunch idea today.
B: Since it is raining, how about kalguksu?
Use it with care
It is a shorthand request, not a command. 저메추 is the parallel request for a dinner recommendation.
A neutral or polite alternative: 점심 메뉴를 추천해 주세요. — Please suggest something for lunch.
Try it yourself
What would you say for dinner instead?
Answer: 저메추. Read the Korean exchange aloud, then replace one detail with something from your own life.
Learn the rest of the series in Basic Korean Grammar. Find more expressions in the Korean slang book on Amazon.
