Zucc

English

Etymology

Alternative spelling of Zuck, a shortening of Zuckerberg, referring to Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. The use of "cc" in place of "ck" is an imitation of "succ", which is used as slang to refer to fellatio. Some also claim that this spelling comes from the spelling practices of the Crips street gang, who consider "CK" taboo as it can stand for "Crip Killer". (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /zʌk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ʌk
• Hyphenation: zucc

Proper noun

Zucc

1. (informal, slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of Zuck (“Mark Zuckerberg”)

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Verb

Zucc (third-person singular simple present Zuccs, present participle Zuccing, simple past and past participle Zucced)

1. (Internet slang) To ban, either permanently or temporarily, from posting on a website, especially on Facebook or Instagram.

   I got zucced for 30 days, so I can't post for a month.

   • 2018 May 29, Jade Knows His Gun-Wong, “Secrets of the UCSD Confessions Page”, in The UCSD Guardian, page 7, column 1:

     To avoid what they called “getting zucced” (a play on Mark Zuckerberg’s last name that means being censored by Facebook), the founders of UCSD Confessions 3.0 then created a closed group called UCSD Confessions Addicts, which is now the main outlet for the confessions.

   • 2020 May, Anna Woorim Chung, quoting @Sounds_Like_Kat, Subverting the algorithm: Examining anti-algorithmic tactics on social media‎^[1] (thesis), Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy, page 25:

     I got zucced for 30 days because I called some awful, rude women ‘white trash’ - yt or wypipo is necessary to avoid the algorithm.

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Related terms

• -cc