Zoomland
English
Alternative forms
- Zoom-land, Zoom land
Etymology
Zoom + -land, popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic when the video teleconferencing software Zoom became an increasingly common way to communicate.
Proper noun
Zoomland
- (neologism) The proverbial place video teleconferences, particularly using the software Zoom, take place.
- 2017 March 1, Sara Lytle, Instagram, retrieved 2022-01-10:
- Fun times in zoom land. #arbonne #goals #dreamchaser #herewegomarch #bettertogether #nation #team #determined [inlcuded in the post is a photo of a computer screen displaying a Zoom meeting]
- 2020 October 23, Sandra Sobieraj Westfall; Virginia Chamlee, “The Obamas Share Rare Family Photo as Barack Says Sasha and Malia Have Bonded as 'Great Friends'”, in People, Meredith Corporation, archived from the original on 2020-12-01, retrieved 2022-01-10:
- "And now the kids are back in Zoom-land with classes. They're doing it remotely," she [Michelle Obama] said in September.
- 2021 October 15, Jennifer Lu, “Workers quitting en masse is ‘a great thing,’ says workplace happiness expert—here’s why”, in CNBC, archived from the original on 2021-10-15, retrieved 2022-01-07:
- We had so much time when we were in Zoomland where we had to think, “Wait, why am I waking up and doing this again?”
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