Zucc

English

Etymology

Alternative spelling of Zuck (a shortening of Zuckerberg, referring to Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg) with -cc. 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

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /zʌk/

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• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /zʊk/
• 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