What Does This Mean?
Korean K-pop fan slang for the estimated minimum number of albums a fan must buy to be reasonably sure of winning a place at a fan-signing event; a blend of 팬싸 (fan sign) and 컷 (cut-off line). The figure is a fan estimate, not an official number, and varies by group and by whether winners are drawn by lottery or ranked by purchase count.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Before preordering, the fan checked a community thread guessing the "팬싸컷" for the comeback album and decided to buy fewer copies than suggested."
LORE & ORIGIN
Blend of 팬싸 (short for 팬사인회, fan-signing event) and 컷 (cut, as in cut-off line). Korean press in 2022 described it as fan jargon for the safe minimum purchase for a fan-sign win and reported that for popular idol groups it can run to dozens or hundreds of albums, while noting that the industry does not officially acknowledge any such threshold and that results depend on whether winners are chosen by lottery or by ranking purchase counts. The date of first use is not documented in the sources found.
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