PC bang

English

Etymology

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

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.
   • 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).

Translations

gaming cafe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: PC房 (PCfáng)

• Korean: PC방 (ko) (PCbang), 피시방 (ko) (pisibang)