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Zucc

English

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Etymology

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An alternative spelling of Zuck (a shortening of Zuckerberg, referring to Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg) with -cc.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Zucc or the Zucc

  1. (informal, slang, usually derogatory) Alternative spelling of Zuck (“Mark Zuckerberg”).
    • 2023 July 31, Shannon Thaler, “Mark Zuckerberg spotted at Taylor Swift concert sporting face gems, beaded bracelets”, in New York Post‎[1], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 July 2023:
      “Zucc is getting better at showing his user base that he’s an actual human,” one user commented.
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Verb

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Zucc (third-person singular simple present Zuccs, present participle Zuccing, simple past and past participle Zucced)

  1. (Internet slang, transitive) To ban, either permanently or temporarily, from posting on a website, especially on Facebook or Instagram.
    I got zucced for 30 days, so I can't post for a month.
    They zucced my account for the selfie I posted earlier.
    • 2018 May 29, Jade Knows His Gun-Wong, “Secrets of the UCSD Confessions Page”, in The UCSD Guardian, page 7, column 1:
      To avoid what they called “getting zucced” (a play on Mark Zuckerberg’s last name that means being censored by Facebook), the founders of UCSD Confessions 3.0 then created a closed group called UCSD Confessions Addicts, which is now the main outlet for the confessions.
    • 2020 May, Anna Woorim Chung, quoting @Sounds_Like_Kat, Subverting the algorithm: Examining anti-algorithmic tactics on social media‎[2] (thesis), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, page 25:
      I got zucced for 30 days because I called some awful, rude women ‘white trash’ - yt or wypipo is necessary to avoid the algorithm.
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