Zed

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Zed

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah.
    • 1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates:
      “So you changed it.”
      “Yes.” He turns off the tap.
      “Why did you choose the name Zed? What does it mean?”
      “Nothing. It's the last letter of the alphabet.”

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

Zed (plural Zeds)

  1. Alternative form of Z (a member of Generation Z).
    • 2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, Word Up: A Lexicon and Guide to Communication in the 21st Century, Halstead Press, →ISBN, page 175:
      Youth jargon is in constant flux. What may be all the go today, may disappear tomorrow. Herein some of the slang may be recognisable to Y-ers but not Zeds and vice versa.
    • 2017, Virginia Roach, “Foreword”, in Bruce S. Cooper, Carlos R. McCray, Stephen V. Coffin, editors, Why School Leaders Need Vision: Managing Scarcity, Mandates, and Conflicting Goals for Educational Quality, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page ix:
      While Millennials started using computers for games, word processing, and rudimentary e-mail, Zeds have been fully immersed in social media from an early age.
    • 2020, Nuno Alberto Rodrigues Santos Loureiro, Lúcio Agostinho Barreiros dos Santos, “Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Classroom: An Exploratory Study in Professional Military Education”, in Álvaro Rocha, Robson Pacheco Pereira, editors, Developments and Advances in Defense and Security: Proceedings of MICRADS 2019 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies), Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., →ISBN, page 452:
      In today’s changing environment, new generations (e.g. Millennials and Zeds) learn differently.