Korean slang profile

셤니

syeomni

A shortened way to refer to one's husband's mother.

Expanded form: 시어머니시어머니 (one's husband's mother)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: May 24, 2018
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
육아 대화에 나온 셤니의 뜻을 찾아봤다.
I looked up 셤니 from a parenting conversation.

02Documented history

May 2018중도일보 presented the forms and meanings together in the context of parenting conversations.[1]

03Origin & word formation

중도일보 explains ‘셤니’ as ‘시어머니’ (one's husband's mother) in an article on expressions used among mothers. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The distinct forms and parenthetical explanations in the article were compared. Other entries with suspected typos, such as ‘얼질’, were not included.

04Sources

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

[카드뉴스] 신조어 모르면 아재? (중도일보)Published May 24, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026