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The word of the week: Zomboid

This word is a grave mistake

By James Lileks

November 6, 2018 at 5:52PM
The Zombie Walk, a march consisting of a large group of people who dress zombies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 2, 2018.
The Zombie Walk, a march consisting of a large group of people who dress zombies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 2, 2018. (Fotoarena/Sipa USA via AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Definition: "Resembling zombies."

Sample usage: "If zomboid Roseanne Barr shows up on 'The Walking Dead,' it's a bad sign for everyone's career."

Quality: For some inexplicable reason, this was added to the official Scrabble dictionary. There's no situation where you need a word that means "resembling zombies" because you could use, you know, just plain, old "zombies."

JAMES LILEKS

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