Korean slang profile
피시방
pisibang
A business with multiple computers available for customers to use for a fee.
A business with multiple computers available for customers to use for a fee.
- Expanded form
- 피시 + 방피시 + 방 (PC + room)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 7, 2022
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
친구들과 피시방에서 게임을 했어.
I played games with friends at a PC room.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
The supplemental Korean-language institution article explains it as combining ‘피시’, meaning personal computer, and ‘방’ (room), describing a space used for a fee. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 옥스퍼드 사전 속 알쏭달쏭 우리말 (한글문화연대)Published Mar 7, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
- [사반 제보] "4000만원 명품시계 물어내"...'피시방 공갈범' 주의보 (JTBC)Published Dec 30, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026