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In the sci-fi book 'A deepness in the sky' by Vernor Vinge, zipheads are 'focused' persons in that they are utterly loyal and willing slaves whose attention can be focused on any facet of their personality to serve the needs of the controlling person. For example, a brilliant person can be turned into an utter genius. The ziphead will no longer have any free will and do not care, the slightest bit, about the things unrelated to what they were focussed into. They will become highly agitated and violent if not allowed to do what they were focussed to do.

'Focus' is a tailored infection of the ziphead's brain by a special virus which can be controlled using MRI.
Characters in the novel who were focused (or who were zipheadized)
Ali Lin: A good park designer who became a park designing genius.
Trixia Bonsol: A linguist who became a genius at it.
Ziphead by sherkaner underhill March 18, 2008
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One who is addicted to Zip, a popular mind altering drug that when taken in large doses causes a chain reaction that sends one's life straight down the tubes.
"Hilldale. Nothing but a breeding ground for Tranks, Lobos and Zipheads."
-Black Cop
Ziphead by Martin McFlie July 22, 2006
the meaning its when someone does something dumb
Can fish swim ?
No
You ziphead
Ziphead by 4JKB December 17, 2018

Zinghead 

The disoriented feeling in your brain after a couple of days without Paxil remedied only by more Paxil. aka Paxil addiction.
Man, you better drive, I got the zinghead. The world just moved 3 inches to the right.
Zinghead by Cheryl KZ January 16, 2009

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
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