Z-turn is from 折腾 (zheteng) in Chinese，it means "flip-flop", "get sidetracked", "sway back and forth", "dithering" and "major changes". The word was famously used by a Chinese leader in 2009 by saying "Bu Zheteng" in Chinese (Don't do zheteng, meaning don't get sidetracked). Online conversation between educated people tends to use "Z-turn" (pronunciation is close to zheteng) to replace zheteng to avoid censorship since the word was once used by a former Chinese leader.
Look, the Government is making a z-turn again.
It's just a z-turn.
Don't do a z-turn, it won't get you anywhere!
It's just a z-turn.
Don't do a z-turn, it won't get you anywhere!
by buzheteng July 22, 2022
A phrase commonly used in the Mcjuggernuggets series "My Virtual Escape". In the series, the characters often interact with on another in a VR world/alternate dimension known as "EVE" which is controlled by The Overlord. The joke is that the world is very cold and since The Overlord runs it they want him to turn the air down.
by The MGV July 17, 2021
When you are on a two lane two way road and realize that you missed a left turn so you make a U turn and go diagonally to it. But then you realize its the wrong one and it’s actually ahead so you make another U turn. Then you move left to get on the correct side again.
Person 1: I had to make a 8 turn today and now I feel stupid.
Person 2: You feel stupid? I made a Z turn because I didn’t notice the side I was on was under construction. I didn’t even finish the turn after the diagonal… I had to get my car towed AND fixed!
Person 2: You feel stupid? I made a Z turn because I didn’t notice the side I was on was under construction. I didn’t even finish the turn after the diagonal… I had to get my car towed AND fixed!
by bruhthisismyhandle September 12, 2022
When you are on a two lane two way road and realize that you missed a left turn so you make a U turn and go diagonally to it. But then you realize its the wrong one and it’s actually ahead so you make another U turn. Then you move left to get on the correct side again.
Person 1: I had to make a 8 turn today and now I feel stupid.
Person 2: You feel stupid? I made a Z turn because I didn’t notice the side I was on was under construction. I didn’t even finish the turn after the diagonal… I had to get my car towed AND fixed!
Person 2: You feel stupid? I made a Z turn because I didn’t notice the side I was on was under construction. I didn’t even finish the turn after the diagonal… I had to get my car towed AND fixed!
Also known as the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s biggest day! Kind of cool to see, even if you're not a fan. Many go for the wrecks that you can experience without actually being in them. Food, beer and Merch are also a draw. People watching is as much fun as the race its self.
by Sonicbo0mz February 14, 2021
when a brass player in a marching band drops their mouth piece and another marcher that witnesses this says "quarter turn"
*Marches set*
*does aggressive visual*
*mouthpiece falls off*
"Fuck"
*Woodwind marcher*
"quarter turn hehe"
*me mumbling*
"u fuking kike"
*does aggressive visual*
*mouthpiece falls off*
"Fuck"
*Woodwind marcher*
"quarter turn hehe"
*me mumbling*
"u fuking kike"
by butstilltho October 30, 2017
Refers to where you temporarily spin your rectangular mouse-pad a fraction of a turn so that you can roll the mouse diagonally along the pad for maximum "continuous travel-distance" before having to lift the mouse and bring it back up to the top of the pad again. Useful for when you need to move the cursor farther than an entire "top to bottom" or "left to right" sweep of the screen, such as if the web-page is extra long/wide, or if you are needing to view the page with the magnifier racked up considerably.
I always set my cursor's travel-speed at maximum so that I usually don't have to move the mouse very far to navigate the entire screen-area; once in a while I have to look at a really long column of text or images (like if I'm reading a large volume of text or shopping for items on a lengthy catalog-page), though, and so I do a 1/7-turn mouse-pad rotation to minimize my having to perform "fresh-bite hops" with the mouse.
by QuacksO April 3, 2019