Zoombombing
English
Alternative forms
- Zoom bombing, Zoom-bombing
Etymology
From Zoom, a video conferencing service, and bombing. Coined in the year 2020.
Noun
Zoombombing (countable and uncountable, plural Zoombombings)
- (uncountable, neologism) Unwanted disruptive intrusion by a large amount of trolls into a video conference call.
- Synonym: Zoom raiding
- (countable, neologism) An instance of Zoombombing.
- Synonym: Zoom raid
- 2021 January 14, Steven J. Birenbaum, “How to Hold a Virtual Memorial Service”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- “I went in terrified about a Zoombombing,” Mr. Leitschuh said. “I'd seen the same media coverage everyone else did.” But he said: “For this use case, I wasn’t aware of a better platform.”
Synonyms
- Zoom raiding
Related terms
- Zoombomb (verb)
- Zoombomber
Verb
Zoombombing
- present participle of Zoombomb