So you all love zombies (at least, I assume you do if you’re coming here and aren’t… like… my Mom who only likes zombies, but not like-likes them). And I love zombies (duh, writing zombie books). And I was thinking the other day about how the zombie-verse sort of has it’s own language. I guess that’s true in all “verses”. Vampires have their… sparkles or whatever. Werewolves must have some kind of language for their followers. Even Harry Potter has a thing going.
But I’m going to just come out and say, I think the language of zombies is the most fun.
Exhibit A: Fast-movers versus slow-movers. We all know what the difference is. In fact, you sit down with a group of zombie-lovers and you can have a three-hour debate on this topic alone. But what other genre can have that debate on a two-word phrase? Um, us becuase we are cool.
Exhibit B: Brains. Okay, we all know that what we really mean is brrrraaaaaains. BRAAAAAAINS!! Say that in a sort of moany voice and any zombie lover will immediate turn and smile at you. It’s like our own zombie calling card.
Exhibit C: Anything that starts with “Z”. Honestly, you can call zombies “Zed”, “Zero”, “Z”, “Zoro” and any other combination of any sound that starts with Z. We have our own letter, people. Z as in Zombie. We’re like Cookie Monster (C is for Cookie) only cooler and without the eating disorder.
Exhibit D: Zombie Walk. This new addition to the Zombie-verse is sweeping the country. Even my little town had a zombie walk a few months ago. It’s a recruitment tactic to our cause. Come on over, dress up like the undead… you know you want to. Do they have serial killer walks? No. I didn’t think so.
There are tons more, and I know you have opinions. So what is YOUR favorite vocabulary addition from the zombie-verse?
I’m a fan of Animation, in the sense of re-animating a corpse and not so much in cartooning. Cartooning is cool and all, but you can’t take over the world with an army of cartoons.
On another note, I find it odd that you find the love of a good cookie to be an eating disorder, but eating brains is just status quo.