Korean slang profile
세미텔
semitel
Compact combined home and workspace
The name of an ultra-small real-estate product combining compact living and working spaces.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- May 11, 1998
- 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
1998년 부동산 기사에 초소형 주거·업무 공간인 세미텔이 소개됐다.
A 1998 real-estate article introduced 세미텔 as an ultra-small living and working space.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
서울신문 in 1998 introduces it as a new planned product resembling a small officetel that appeared during the foreign-exchange crisis. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage context in the contemporary original were directly checked. Popularity among the general public and first use remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 세미텔 IMF 부동산시장에 “부팅”Published May 11, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026