ZOMG

• zOMG, zomg

A variant of OMG, presumably from excited users accidentally hitting the Z key while attempting to press shift, or from conscious imitation of such excitement.
The term is said to have been coined (likely in the early 2000s) by a Something Awful user named “Rick_Feynman”, in an ICQ chat between him and fellow user “Hannibal” (see also his Usenet message quoted below), though it was already in use before that. Usage of the term on the boards of Something Awful and 4chan has greatly contributed to its popularization.^[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /zoʊ̯ ɛm d͡ʒiː/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zəʊ̯ ɛm d͡ʒiː/

ZOMG

1. (Internet slang) An emphatic form of OMG (“oh my God”).
   • 2003 February 5, Richard Feynman, alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics‎^[2] (Usenet):

     HAY CHRSI! WAHT"S GOING ON IN LAKERLAND? ^[sic]
     
     ZOMG!

   • 2007 August, Germaine Ong, “Sony Vaio VGN-UX38GN”, in GameAxis Unwired:

     I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said that my initial reaction to this machine went something like: ZOMG it's an overgrown Blackberry.^[sic]

   • 2010, Shawn Collins, “Walking the Walk in Affiliate Marketing”, in Internet Marketing from the Real Experts, page 204:

     My fellow Tweeters were supportive, bless their hearts, but I know I was getting annoying constantly tweeting stuff like: "ZOMG I JUST BURNED 1K CALORIES!!11!"

   • 2012, Cate Tiernan, Darkness Falls‎^[3], page 62:

     What was he doing pursuing me? He didn't seem happy about it, like, ZOMG, I met my soul mate and now my life can begin! It was more like he was being compelled against his will.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ZOMG.

• See Thesaurus:wow