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PC bang
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English
Etymology
From en ko PC방 pisi-bang PC room. First attested in 1999.92474914 n September 2021
Pronunciation
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Noun
PC bang
en South Korea A public internet cafe where people can meet to play multiplayer computer games for a fee.
en 2021 Micky Lee; Peichi Chung Media Technologies for Work and Play in East Asia 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: cmn PC房 PCfáng
Korean: ko PC방, ko 피시방
References
en Video games