What the Zuck

/ˈhwʌt ðə zʌk/
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Definition: An exclamation of frustration, disbelief, or sarcastic bemusement when Mark Zuckerberg makes a baffling, misguided, or universally despised decision regarding Facebook/Meta or any of its platforms, often resulting in unnecessary complications, invasive features, or unwelcome trends (e.g., overloading the platform with AI integrations, cloning features from competitors, or prioritizing profit over user experience).

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Zuckery (noun): The act of making tone-deaf, platform-destroying decisions.
Zucked Up (adj): Describes a situation or feature that's been thoroughly ruined by bad corporate decisions.
"Did you see that Facebook just turned our profile pages into AI chatbots? What the Zuck is going on over there?"
by Crazed-Eighty December 31, 2024
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Zuck up

When you succeed but somehow make everything worse for literally everyone else.
Mark Zuckerberg is such a zuck up, says he enables free speech but can't even show pole on main.
by Chattwo February 26, 2025
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Zucking Up

When you've failed up, become immensely privileged, and have everything you need to do the right thing but you don't/still fail. This word is was inspired by the story and action's of Facebook creator, Mark Zuckerberg.
You: "Mark Zuckerberg still let's hate speech flow freely on Facebook!"

Friend: "He just keeps Zucking up."

You: "Remember Taylor from work, who got the promotion?
Friend: "Yeah, I remember you mentioning him. What happened?"
You: "He totally jacked-up the project's new release!"
Friend: "Ugh another unremarkable white dude Zucking Up."
by SenoritaChivato September 01, 2020
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double-zucked

Verb; Past tense; when your facebook data was taken by Cambridge Analytical and facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, tells you to “click this link to see if your data was mined” and by clicking the link your data is mined again.
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice...well..you ain’t gonna double-zuck me again. My friend got double-zucked yesterday when he clicked the link to see about his data.
by TiffanyFey April 11, 2018
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zuck

Anything that doesn't just suck, it's also devoid of merit and humanity; especially tech products.
There was so much hype around this new tech - of course it'll zuck.
by chAMPIRE January 26, 2021
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zuck

1. verb. to have one's shared content removed by Facebook.
Example: Dude, the YouTube video you shared was *zucked* before I got a chance to view it.
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