Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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name
A notional entity said to be "released" due to unpredictable program behaviour resulting from an API's inconsistent use of synchronous versus asynchronous operations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In full Zalgo text: text that appears corrupted or creepy due to the deliberate overuse of diacritics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, uncountable
Synonyms: glitch text
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Zalgo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Said to have been coined in 2004 by Dave “Shmorky” Kelly as the name of a mysterious malevolent entity appearing in webcomics and creepypasta.
