PC bang

PC bang

English

Etymology

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

Noun

PC bang (plural PC bangs)

1. (South Korea) A public internet cafe where people can meet to play multiplayer computer games for a fee.

Translations

gaming cafe

Chinese: Mandarin: PC房 (PCfáng) Korean: PC방 (ko) (PCbang), 피시방 (ko) (pisibang)

References

1. “PC bang, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2021.