zip

A racial slur referring to people of East Asian descent. Most commonly it is a shortened version of the term zipperhead, but may also have a seperate origin as Vietnam War slang, an acronym for "Zero Intelligence Potential", in reference to enemy combatants/civilians (of Southeast Asian descent) that were unlikely to provide any worthwhile intelligence information, ie: just kill them, no reason to interrogate them.

Veteran Joe: "Learn English ya got-dam zip!"

by PCone November 14, 2009

zip

Vietnamese, a Vietnamese. Perjorative and bigoted term used by American soldiers during the Vietnam war. May have originated as an abbreviation of the expression 'zipper-mouth.'

"Nothin in the vil now but dead zips."

by Mogo the Mugger April 19, 2006

zip

1. To compress files into .zip format.
2. An Iomega Zip cartridge.
3. To send something easily and quickly. (This is the dictionary definition that predates the other two.)

Can you send me that Photoshop file on a Syquest?

Dude, fuhgeddaboudit. Zip it and put it on a zip, and zip it over to me.

by vanilla g-lotto December 29, 2004

zip

Zip is also very slangily,well-known as a synonym of nothing.

I didn't study zip for the next day's exam, so I blew it.

by Eloy R. August 03, 2005

zip

taking a zip from someones drink. like a sip, but not really.

i took a zip from my friends drink.

by HucPhe June 20, 2009

zip

A word used in the 60's to refer to meth amphetamine

Hey man, can you get any zip?

by tonto May 13, 2005

zip

zip is the sound made by a loner who wants attention. instead of making the zip sound why not zip it, lock it and put it in your pocket!

Amy: "ZIP!"
Me: "zip it, lock it, put it in your pocket!"

by footfungusofficial May 14, 2022