English
PC bang
PC bang comes from Korean PC방 ‘Internet cafe’.
- KoreanmodernPC방pisi-bang‘Internet cafe’literally ‘PC room’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021PC bang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- KoreanmodernPC방pisi-bang‘Internet cafe’literally ‘PC room’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021PC bang
Earliest quotation: 2021, Micky Lee, Peichi Chung: “In South Korea, mobile phones have created a new…”
first attested First attested in 1999 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1999.
Every English word from Korean PC방
Today it means
noun A public internet cafe where people can meet to play multiplayer computer games for a fee.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Korean PC방 / PC bang