Smombie

someone so absorbed in their smartphone they barely notice their surroundings

Origin

'Smombie' is a portmanteau of 'Smartphone' and 'Zombie' and refers to a smartphone addict who, with their gaze unavoidably fixed on the phone, wanders around as if absent-minded. The term has been in use in German since 2015 and was chosen that year by a Langenscheidt jury as Jugendwort des Jahres (youth word of the year).

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Examples

  • auf, der Smombie da läuft auf die !

    Watch out, that smombie is walking straight into the road!