See ZOMG on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "A variant of OMG, presumably from excited users accidentally hitting the Z key while attempting to press shift, or from conscious imitation of such excitement.\nThe term is said to have been coined (likely in the early 2000s) by a Something Awful user named “Rick_Feynman”, in an ICQ chat between him and fellow user “Hannibal” (see also his Usenet message quoted below), though it was already in use before that. Usage of the term on the boards of Something Awful and 4chan has greatly contributed to its popularization.",
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"ref": "2003 February 5, Richard Feynman, alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics (Usenet):",
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"ref": "2007 August, Germaine Ong, “Sony Vaio VGN-UX38GN”, in GameAxis Unwired:",
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"text": "My fellow Tweeters were supportive, bless their hearts, but I know I was getting annoying constantly tweeting stuff like: \"ZOMG I JUST BURNED 1K CALORIES!!11!\"",
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"(Internet slang) An emphatic form of OMG (“oh my God”)."
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