ZOMG
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ZOMG is a derivative of the Internet shorthand term for "Oh My God", OMG. The term is commonly used to express humorously overwrought excitement and as a way of mocking internet slang as a whole, and is most likely representative of pushing the shift key over-zealously and sloppily, thus pushing the "Z" key in the process, on a qwerty keyboard. It has appeared on various websites and message boards, often associated with a "witty" remark or trolling. It is reasonably widespread today in the online anime and gaming communities, and is often used in its more ironic sense on internet pop-culture forums such as the IGN message boards.
Because it is a form of written slang and is not commonly used in oral conversation, there is no standard pronunciation.
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Usage
OMG is often followed by a variation of LOL or by an excessive series of exclamation points trailing into a numerical "1". This last convention implies the typist's ineptitude in creating a simple exclamation mark on a qwerty keyboard. A common addition to the previous scenario is to append the word "one" after the numerical "1", e.g., "ZOMG!!!!!!1111one". On some message boards, this is sarcastically extended to phrases such as "ZOMG!!!!1111onetwoeleventy111". In some cases typists will go to extreme lengths such as typing "ZOMG!!!11!1one!1cos(0)". In each case, the (self-deprecating) implication is that the typist lacks the wherewithal to type correctly.
In gaming communities, ZOMG is often followed by "hax", and cries of "ZOMG hax!" and the like may be heard when a player does anything especially impressive, implying (ironically or otherwise) that the player must be hacking the game to do so well.
Another meaning of the word suggests a usage as an odd child of the two words "Zing" and "OMG". This implies a more humorous nature to the word itself without the necessary implications of surprise that come with the acronym "OMG". Others suggest that "ZOMG hax" originally spawned in StarCraft, if a player lost quickly to a Zerg player, causing the losing player to think his opponent hacked because he won so quickly. Thus, "Zerg, OMG, hax" quickly becomes "ZOMG, hax." This was also used in the Massive multiplayer online game called Runescape.
Another derivation of the word popular among members of the Alien Swarm community is z0mg, replacing the o with a zero. When using the text to speech option that comes with Unreal Tournament 2004, the word is pronounced zee zero milligrams.
As with most pieces of internet slang, the use of "zomg" has subsequently come to be viewed as annoying in some communities, especially among those who were introduced to the phrase in its infancy and exposed to it frequently since. However, in many other circles, the use of the phrase is escalating.
Source: Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOMG)
or a bad case of acid reflux. I'd like to know that as well
