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Zoomglish 

That word salad mumbling you do as you're fumbling to switch screens or awkwardly and time-consumingly begin any process on Zoom.
She zoomglished unintelligibly as she tried to pull up the powerpoint video she wanted to see. It started with "Okay, folk, take a look at this, here, it's just right here..wait, gotta close this, hmm, wait, where'd it go? Ah, here it is, nope first have to close this one, mrphgrda...wttheheck...yeah, no, wait....dioedfb...vgrer...adewxawqw... AH, here we go!"
Zoomglish by Luciafer November 27, 2020
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Zhonglish 

(n) The mangled, garbled, butchered, malapropriated or trashed Chinese spoken by native speakers of English.

Pronunciation notes: Similar to Joan-glish. The ZH is NOT pronounced like the S in "fusion" but like the DGE in fudge.

Origin: "zhong" is taken directly from the first syllable of the Mandarin word for Chinese; "lish" is from English, of course.

Usage: Zhonglish is the mirror image of Chinglish but is less likely to be hurled as an insult. It is amusing, not abusing, and is usually applied to learners of Mandarin, although it could conceivably be applied to Wu, Cantonese, or others.

History: "Zhonglish" has been used by learners of Chinese at least since the early 1960s.
Bemused by Kevin's Zhonglish, the Beijinger said kindly, "You speak very well -- it sounds like you're singing a song."
Zhonglish by Beijing Sounds January 27, 2008
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Zoomlighting 

Working on email, phone or generally being distracting while attending a conference call you're meant to be on.

Being found out for emailing one of the conference call participants on a separate matter, while being on the same call.
Janet was zoomlighting during the budget call - she emailed Brian her leave requests while he was making his presentation.

I can't believe you zoomlighted me man! Have some respect, I could hear you talking to Global INC as your mic wasn't muted!
Zoomlighting by Narwhal66 April 27, 2020

Zoomfish 

Someone who looks way different in person than on Zoom.
I saw her for the first time in-person today. I almost didn’t even recognize her. She’s a Zoomfish.
Zoomfish by elguapo8 August 17, 2021

Zoomalis 

People from Somalia who were put in Mohamedian xerro (enclosure) and became part of an Arab sheikh flock (xerta sheekha)
The Mohammedian Arabs Sheikhs have opened many xerro to produce many zoomalis who claim them as fathers.
Zoomalis by Arabdaddy August 17, 2022

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026