What does pk mean?

PK refers to player killing, that is, "player killer", which refers to the behavior of middle and high-level players killing low-level players at will in the game. Later it gradually evolved into the meaning of "confrontation".

origin

One is from online games. In all kinds of MUD (a word online game) popular in the early 1990s, the death of players can be roughly divided into two categories: player Kill and non-player Kill, that is, player kill and non-player kill.

At that time, programmers of game programs often participated in games. These two words are actually typical computer English, so they are brought into the game. Because it is too awkward, it is represented by "PK" as an abbreviation.

Another "origin" refers to the penalty in football, which is the abbreviation of penalty, meaning one-on-one hit, only one side can win.

There is also a saying that PK is actually the abbreviation of punch and kick, which originated from the fighting game of video games, literally translated as punching and kicking, and extended to fighting.

Extended data similarity word -VS

VS is short for versus, and versus is Latin, which means "opposite, opposite" and so on. This word and its abbreviation were later adopted in English.

In English, VS is a preposition, which basically has the following three usages:

1. In sports reports, it means who is playing with whom. For example: Rome VS Inter Milan. The correct spelling should be, Rome is better than Inter Milan, or Rome is better than Inter Milan;

In the general report, it means two opposite things. For example: national security VS personal freedom. The correct spelling should be, national security and personal freedom;

3. In legal documents, indicate who goes to court with whom. For example, the case of "Brown VS Education Conference". The correct spelling should be, Brown and the Board of Education Act.