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jmdict 2858989 Active (id: 2285349)
生セラ
なまセラ
1. [n] [dated,sl]
▶ shop where schoolgirls remove and sell their underwear in front of an audience
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1114550 ブルセラ 1. used women's clothing such as bloomers and high-school sailor-suit uniforms (esp. as a source of sexual arousal)



History:
6. A 2023-12-08 00:53:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'd like to keep it, and "dated" is probably better than "rare".
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<misc>&rare;</misc>
+<misc>&dated;</misc>
5. A* 2023-12-07 17:55:35  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬────────╮
│ 生セラ  │    269 │
│ ブルセラ │ 71,271 │ - cross-referenced entry
╰─ーーーー─┴────────╯
  Comments:
None of the works cited assume that the readers already know what the word means. References like these don't make a convincing case that a word is an established term that is worth recording in a dictionary.

Since the word is rare, slangy, and describes a short-lived phenomenon from 20 years ago that may have never been widespread, I wouldn't object to dropping the entry.

If it stays I think we need mention something about this being "in front of an audience," since that's the key aspect that distinguishes this from ブルセラ.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13,3 @@
-<gloss>shop where schoolgirls remove and sell their underwear, etc.</gloss>
+<misc>&rare;</misc>
+<misc>&sl;</misc>
+<gloss>shop where schoolgirls remove and sell their underwear in front of an audience</gloss>
4. A* 2023-12-07 14:24:10 
  Comments:
I originally saw this in Hideo Yamamoto's manga series Homunculus (~2004): https://i.imgur.com/fkF0Zph.png. You're probably not seeing many modern results because the practice was made illegal, but the references show that this was a thing.
3. A* 2023-12-06 22:15:44  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
生セラ	269
  Comments:
I doubt this is a common enough thing to warrant an entry. A Google search returns very few relevant results.
2. A 2023-12-05 06:01:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Charming.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>shop where schoolgirls take off and sell their underwear, etc., to viewers</gloss>
+<gloss>shop where schoolgirls remove and sell their underwear, etc.</gloss>
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