PC Bang essays

PC Bang essays According to the dictionary, banging means hitting noisily or bumping. However, among Korean Americans, banging means going to PC Bang. Bang means a room in Korean and PC Bang simply means the place where people can use personal computers to play games or surf Internet with faster speed. PC Bang was started in Korea and it came to America by Korean Americans few years ago and only few months ago to Irvine. PC Bang became popular among not only young Korean Americans but also among some who arent used to this Korean culture. After PC Bang became popular, I have been spending numerous times in PC Bang playing Counter Strike, which is one of the most famous computer games played on net. After church, my friend told me Lets go banging. At first, I didnt understand what he was saying, but when he explained that he meant to say Lets go to PC Bang to play games, I found out that this expression is in fact used quite often among the patrons of PC Bang. Since then, I too started to use this expression when I want to ask my friends to go to PC Bang. Just few days ago, I told my friend Lets go banging and he didnt understand just like me when I first heard that expression, so I told him what it meant. Now, almost all my friends are familiar with the term banging. The dictionary meaning of word slang is a vocabulary of casual or playful, often short-lived expressions used especially for humor, irreverence, or striking effect. Some people are against the use of slang expressions insisting that slang expressions damage the right use of English. However, I think the use of slang expressions give liveliness to the usual everyday dialogue, since slang expressions are usually interesti ...