Zoombombing

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Zoom, a video conferencing service, and bombing. Coined in the year 2020.

Noun

Zoombombing (countable and uncountable, plural Zoombombings)

  1. (uncountable, neologism) Unwanted disruptive intrusion by a large amount of trolls into a video conference call.
    Synonym: Zoom raiding
  2. (countable, neologism) An instance of Zoombombing.
    Synonym: Zoom raid
    • 2020 May 14, Kelly Tyko, “California church files class action lawsuit against Zoom after bible class 'Zoombombing'”, in USA TODAY‎[1]:
      The San Jose-based online video provider has said it was tightening the platform's security to help prevent instances of video conferences being interrupted by Zoombombing incidents.
    • 2021 January 14, Steven J. Birenbaum, “How to Hold a Virtual Memorial Service”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN:
      “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.”

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Verb

Zoombombing

  1. present participle and gerund of Zoombomb
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