English Explanatory Dictionary

Zalgo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In full Zalgo text: text that appears corrupted or creepy due to the deliberate overuse of diacritics.
name
  1. A notional entity said to be "released" due to unpredictable program behaviour resulting from an API's inconsistent use of synchronous versus asynchronous operations.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zalgo.

Word forms

Zalgo

Etymology

Said to have been coined in 2004 by Dave “Shmorky” Kelly as the name of a mysterious malevolent entity appearing in webcomics and creepypasta.

Synonyms

glitch text

Related words

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