"phone zombie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phone zombies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} phone zombie (plural phone zombies)
  1. (colloquial) A distracted pedestrian who is only paying attention to their phone. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People Synonyms: smombie
    Sense id: en-phone_zombie-en-noun-t~XY2V0F Disambiguation of People: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51
  2. A person who is addicted to their smartphone.
    Sense id: en-phone_zombie-en-noun-kD5etn-D Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 56

Inflected forms

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