Cyberpunk 2077: What "Choom" Means & Where It Comes From

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has impressively realized its setting of Night City, right down to the slang used by its denizens, including the often repeated «choom.» The term of endearment is heard throughout the game, and the protagonist, V, is referred to as such frequently. Night City and 's slang, however, were not created by developer CD Projekt Red. Both predate the video game by some time, and have their roots in the wider franchise, so understanding the meaning and prevalence of the slang term choom requires a bit of background.

Developer CD Projekt Red has earned a reputation for crafting intricate, story-centered open worlds, which are on full display in. Just as the franchise has a reliance on Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy series of the same name, 's Night City and its wider fictional universe were canonized by other works. The game is based closely on the established lore of, a roleplaying series originally introduced in the first edition of the 1988 tabletop game. Set in a grim future controlled by corporations, the RPG is stuffed to the brim with satirical twists on the tropes of the emerging cyberpunk science fiction genre. Alongside these conventions, also introduced a number of peculiar ideas that helped to make its take on the genre unique.

The second edition of the tabletop RPG, dubbed, helped codify Night City itself and its vernacular. According to choomba/choombatta is "" As in modern-day America, non-Black residents of Night City have appropriated this piece of African-American culture, and are also prone to calling one another choomba. Choom, then, is an abbreviation analogous to «bro» in the real world. Night City isn't technically part of 's New United States, but it is the primary locale of a setting that mainly satirizes