The following chat log may or may not be exact, so apocraphycal information has been used to recreate this event. ZOMG was originally coined in January 2003 by two individuals, James Curbo and Matthew Milan, over ICQ That last link is dead, so I went to and dug up an old copy of the page: Unfortunately, although this FAQ is accurate, the fact that it has not been cited inĪ reliable source means that we cannot include it on Wiktionary. [Unsigned, but the history attributes this to Typo committed when hitting the "shift" key. This entry should be amended to note that the "z" is added emphasis from the common On the talk page for ZOMG, there's only this brief exchange: Which contradicts the idea that it's an initialism. Then again, I am not told anything about etymology, and in the usage notes for OMG, I am told that ZOMG is "emphatic, in the same sense of LOLZ". This is actually the most convincing so far, since over at the Wiktionary I am told that ZOMG is an initialism. ZOMG was the ruler of the planet XYRZON until 2451 AD, when he was overthrown.The Z doesn't stand for anything, but rather is added onto the O, thus making it pronounced "ZOH MY GOD!!1"ĭoesn't address the origin and is not very convincing anyway - why "Z" and not "S", "X", "W", "J", or in fact any letter? A more enthusiastic (if not sarcastic) way of saying OMG.Besides, on my keyboard, there's the > key between the Z and the left shift key. It through - if you mistakenly hit Z instead of Shift, you'll end up with "zomg", not with "zOMG". It appears that the author hasn't quite thought The first sentence is copied verbatim from the previous (and older) explanation, The "z" was originally a mistake while attempting to hit the shift key with the left hand, and type "OMG" zOMG is a variant of the all-too-popular acronym "OMG", meaning "Oh My God".ZOMG originated from the image-board and one of it's members Zardoz.Įven though 4chan is the Internet meme machine, I would like to see supporting ZOMG is a variant of the all-too-popular acronym "OMG", meaning "Oh My God".(Original spelling and punctuation preserved.) The Urban Dictionary provides a whopping 73 "explanations", of which I will quote just a few. I have looked in a number of places, with contradictory results.
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