Korean slang profile

팸셀

paemsel

Short for a family sale that sells remaining stock and other goods cheaply.

Expanded form: 패밀리 세일패밀리 세일 (family sale)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Nov 9, 2010
Documented trend period: Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
팸셀에서 필요한 겨울옷을 골랐어.
I picked out the winter clothes I needed at a 팸셀.

02Documented history

November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “패밀리 세일”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 63쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026