PC bang

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Etymology[edit]

From Korean PC방 (pisi-bang, literally PC room). First attested in 1999.[1]

Noun[edit]

PC bang (plural PC bangs)

  1. (South Korea) A public internet cafe where people can meet to play multiplayer computer games for a fee.
    • 2021, Micky Lee, Peichi Chung, Media Technologies for Work and Play in East Asia, page 23:
      In South Korea, mobile phones have created a new population called transyouths who connect to each other through screens and PC bangs (J.H-j. Choi, 2010).

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References[edit]

  1. ^ PC bang, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2021.