What does being \u2018zombied\u2019 mean? Dating trend is worse than \u2018ghosting\u2019 TikTok: mariel_darling \/ Nintendo \/ PopCap GamesGetting \u2018zombied\u2019 is the latest dating faux-pas that\u2019s taking over social media, with many users saying it\u2019s worse than being \u2018ghosted.\u2019 Here\u2019s what the term means. If you thought getting ghosted was bad, wait until you hear about the newest trend sweeping through peoples\u2019 modern dating experiences. Being \u2018ghosted\u2019 happens when someone suddenly cuts off all contact with a person without giving them any warning or reason. Although this behavior happens with all kinds of relationships \u2014 be it friends, family, or work acquaintances \u2014 it\u2019s most commonly seen in the dating scene. The term elicits a funny image of someone simply turning into a ghost and leaving this mortal plane, accounting for their sudden lack of communication\u2026 but it looks like another \u2018supernatural\u2019 phrase has entered the fray. What does getting \u2018zombied\u2019 mean on TikTok? On April 20, singer\/songwriter Mariel Darling shared her dating woes with TikTok, uploading a video where she claimed she\u2019d been \u2018zombied.\u2019 \u201cYou\u2019re being ghosted?\u201d she asks in the video. \u201cI\u2019m out here being zombied. It\u2019s like ghosting, but he comes back from the dead after a couple of months and hits you up.\u201d The term has taken off, with her video gaining over 1.5 million views in less than a week\u2019s time. Users were quick to share their own experiences getting \u2018zombied\u2019 by their significant others in the comments \u2014 some of which were downright hilarious. In fact, one user likened her ex-man to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. \u201cMine has a Jesus Christ complex,\u201d she wrote. \u201cHe comes back every three days.\u201d \u201cHave you ever noticed that they all zombie you at the same time?\u201d another asked. \u201cLike, why are four guys from my past all hitting me up on the same day?\u201d \u201cI have all of their numbers saved as gravestone emojis,\u201d yet another said. This is just the latest phrase to go viral on TikTok after the term \u2018Blackbear Phase\u2019 took over the video-sharing platform to describe users\u2019 tastes in music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What does being \u2018zombied\u2019 mean? Dating trend is worse than \u2018ghosting\u2019 TikTok: mariel_darling \/ Nintendo \/ PopCap GamesGetting \u2018zombied\u2019 is the latest dating faux-pas that\u2019s taking over social media, with many users saying it\u2019s worse than being \u2018ghosted.\u2019 Here\u2019s what the term means. If you thought getting ghosted was bad, wait until you hear about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}