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zoombombing

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Zoom, a video conferencing service, and bombing. Coined in the year 2020.

  1. Unwanted disruptive intrusion by a large amount of trolls into a video conference call.
  2. An instance of Zoombombing.

    The San Jose-based online video provider has said it was tightening the platform's security to help prevent instances of video conferences being interrupted by Zoombombing incidents.

    “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.”

verb

Etymology: From Zoom, a video conferencing service, and bombing. Coined in the year 2020.

  1. present participle and gerund of Zoombomb