🎟️이선좌

/i-seon-jwa/

Iseonjwa (이선좌) is an abbreviation of 이미 선택된 좌석, meaning “already selected seat.” In Korean ticketing culture, it refers to the frustrating message that appears when another person has already taken the concert, musical, sports, or fan-event seat you clicked.

Examples

"I finally clicked a good seat, but got hit with iseonjwa right away."
"Every purple seat turned into already-selected-seat hell during ticketing."

💖 Idol fandom🌀 MultipleFirst seen 2010

Origin · Source

The phrase comes from online ticketing messages such as 이미 선택된 좌석, literally “already selected seat.” It spread through idol concerts, musicals, sports matches, and other high-demand Korean ticketing scenes; the exact first use is unclear, so 2010 is an approximate early online-ticketing-era estimate.

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