Jul 26 Word of the Day
Noun: a friend who is usually only called upon by a friend when a more primary/prominent friend is unavailable.
Taken from the term “second string” in an athletic competition situation. In football, if the star quarterback gets injured during a play, the second string is called off the bench to replace him/her. A “Second String Friend” is essentially benched until needed, if ever.
Synonyms: Plan B, Second Choice, Secondary Friend, Benched Until Needed
Taken from the term “second string” in an athletic competition situation. In football, if the star quarterback gets injured during a play, the second string is called off the bench to replace him/her. A “Second String Friend” is essentially benched until needed, if ever.
Synonyms: Plan B, Second Choice, Secondary Friend, Benched Until Needed
I got a call from X the other night. She had an extra ticket to a concert she bought for a friend, but they couldn’t make it so she called me to ask if I wanted to go because I am her Second String Friend.
by Deus-ex-machina August 26, 2020
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(noun) : a type of fictional zombie; an undead person who possesses greater than average mobility compared to other, more traditional undead creatures; a zombie who runs and moves at a normal (or greater than normal) human speed. {best exemplified in the recent films Dawn of the Dead (2004) & 28 Days Later; from “zoom” + “zombie”}
by Adam Hunt May 01, 2006
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Noun:
People who overuse Zoom online meeting service .
This is particularly relevant in the current environment when most of the employees are working from home and use Zoom application for their meetings.
People who overuse Zoom online meeting service .
This is particularly relevant in the current environment when most of the employees are working from home and use Zoom application for their meetings.
by A-S-A-D April 06, 2020
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In this day of remote work and isolation (COVID-19), a Zoombie is anyone whose gray matter has been deteriorated by interminable Zoom meetings. They are hard to see on the streets because this variety of living dead hides in their houses behind locked doors... just waiting for the next Zoom meeting invite.
Our office meetings these days are full of Zoombies. Everyone form work has that unshowered, bed head look with vacant stares... they've been reanimated as Zoombies.
by JSS@MCC April 24, 2020
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A zoombie is a zombie much faster than a normal one. This can be accomplished through sprinting for the kill, or jumping and climping past obstacles. Due to its extreme speed, a zoombie should be regarded as a more of a threat than a normal zombie.
joe: "did you hear about billy? rumor has it he was killed by a zoombie."
mark: "nuthin you can do man... they're just too fast!"
mark: "nuthin you can do man... they're just too fast!"
by ur mind on drugs December 12, 2010
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Someone who suffers from exhaustion and other trance like symptoms after attending multiple Zoom meetings in a compressed span of time.
I tried to talk to Claire but I realized she was a Zoombie, after going to ten Zoom meetings in just one day.
by Jay Fitzgerald April 07, 2020