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)

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

   • 2021 January 14, Steven J. Birenbaum, “How to Hold a Virtual Memorial Service”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →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.”

Synonyms

• Zoom raiding

Related terms

• Zoombomb (verb)
• Zoombomber

Verb

Zoombombing

1. present participle and gerund of Zoombomb