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zombieing

When someone who ghosted you comes back out of nowhere, acting like nothing happened.

He disappeared for months and now he texts "hey stranger"? Zombieing.

For parents and educators

Harmless as a word.

Where it came from

Dating slang built on "ghosting": the person comes back from the dead.

Also heard as

submarining, zombie

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