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zombie out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

First attested in 1981. From zombie + out. Compare the earlier adjective zombied-out (1976).

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, slang) To become listless, vacant, or unresponsive.
   • 1981, Contemporary Keyboard VII:i–vi, page unknown Ada Richter has compiled [Piano Classics] with the noble idea of helping younger students work on various aspects of technique without having to zombie out on drills and exercises.
   • Black women just seem to do their time different. They sing more, goof around more. They don’t zombie out like the rest of us. 1989, Patricia McConnel, Sing Soft, Sing Loud, page 60:
   • After the ‛copter had crashed on Cobre Road, [Cody] figured he’d zombied out. 1988, Robert R. McCammon, Stinger, page 321:
   • My man here keeps zombying out. 1991, PRISM international, XXX, page 73:
   • After I’ve been zombied out, will they hurt my dad? 1986, Jerome Charyn, War Cries Over Avenue C, page 271:
   • The autoworker who zombies out as your car-to-be passes by on the assembly line…contribute[s] to a loss in your personal productivity and sometimes your safety. 1993, Martin C. Moore-Ede, The Twenty-Four-Hour Society, page 128:
   • After Dennis got killed, my mom just kind of zombied out for a couple of years. 1984, Kirkus Reviews, LII:xix-xxiv, page 986:

Forms

Translations (4)

fi mennä sekaisin (become listless, vacant and unresponsive) · fi olla muissa maailmoissa (become listless, vacant and unresponsive) · fi vetäytyä kuoreensa (become listless, vacant and unresponsive) · sv zona ut (become listless, vacant and unresponsive)