History Quotes / NotUsingTheZWord

->"You've never had a crew of this type before either, have you, Commander?"\\

The blonde sat up stiffly. "We refer to them as soldier surrogates. The epithet 'zombie' was used to describe the obsolete Model 21 which went out of production over five years ago. You will be supplied with individuals based on Models 705 and 706, which are practically perfect."

->"You've never had a crew of this type before either, have you, Commander?"\\
"Zombies, you mean? No, not yet, I'm happy to say."\\
She made a disapproving pout with her mouth. It was fully as cute as her approving pouts. "We do not like that word."\\
"All right, blobs then."\\
"We don't like bl--that word either. You are talking about human beings like yourself, Commander. Very much like yourself." \\
I began to get sore fast, just the way the kid had out in the hall. Then I realized she didn't mean anything by it. She didn't know. What the hell--it wasn't on our orders. I relaxed. "You tell me. What do you call them here?"\\
The blonde sat up stiffly. "We refer to them as soldier surrogates. The epithet 'zombie' was used to describe the obsolete Model 21 which went out of production over five years ago. You will be supplied with individuals based on Models 705 and 706, which are practically perfect."
-->-- ''Down Among the Dead Men'' (1954), by Creator/WilliamTenn

->'''Vachon:''' [[IronicEcho Don't! Say that word.]] And I thought you didn't need my help.

->'''Vetter:''' What are you doing here?

"Who's ready to slaughter some Bratz. Brats with a Z."\\
"Whole thing is overrun by Knick Knack Paddywackers"\\

"Going north is a lost cause. It's [[WaxingLyrically a Monster Mash up there. Graveyard smash if you will.]]"\\

->'''Leon''': I've read a lot of dank comicbooks, and all of them point to one thing: we've got [[InherentlyFunnyWord zamboes]] on our hand. Y'know, crombies, walkers, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch undead bitches.]] They go by many names in pop culture, although we get to come up with our name since we're living in it. What do you wanna call these guys? ...Claire, what do you wanna call them? That's gonna be important for, like, when... Claire, are you listening to what I'm saying?\\
'''Claire''': [''watching zombies eating''] I wanna call them [[LineOfSightName "eaters".]]\\

-->--'''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-sensible-things-you-should-never-do-in-zombie-outbreak_p2/#ixzz2LBtcDLyX 6 Sensible Things You Should Never Do in a Zombie Outbreak]]

-->--'''Jim Sterling''' on ''Guise Of The Wolf''

'''Leon''': Not the most creative name, but I guess we'll go with- OH MY GOD, AN EATER!

-->--'''Jim Sterling''' on ''VideoGame/GuiseOfTheWolf''

'''Gunvolt:''' Hey Zeno... Are those... zombies?
'''Zeno:''' Zombies? C'mon, man...This ain't no horror game.

->''"Popular culture in recent years has handled zombie apocalypse the way Music/KurtCobain handled the smack. I can see the appeal: why bother coming up with ways to make us sympathize with the characters’ personal struggles and motivations when you can just burn all their stuff in the first 5 minutes? And that’s fine, I suppose, but I’d wish they’d stop dancing around it. “Oh, no, these aren’t zombies, they’re 'Infected.' There’s a difference; they’re created by breathing in these mind-altering fungal spores which can also be transmitted by bites because of reasons.” And you just want to grab popular culture by the lapels and scream “Will you and zombie apocalypses just fuck already‽”"''

->''"Popular culture in recent years has handled zombie apocalypse the way Kurt Cobain handled the smack. I can see the appeal: why bother coming up with ways to make us sympathize with the characters’ personal struggles and motivations when you can just burn all their stuff in the first 5 minutes? And that’s fine, I suppose, but I’d wish they’d stop dancing around it. “Oh, no, these aren’t zombies, they’re 'Infected.' There’s a difference; they’re created by breathing in these mind-altering fungal spores which can also be transmitted by bites because of reasons.” And you just want to grab popular culture by the lapels and scream “Will you and zombie apocalypses just fuck already?!”"''

-->--'''{{Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-sensible-things-you-should-never-do-in-zombie-outbreak_p2/#ixzz2LBtcDLyX 6 Sensible Things You Should Never Do in a Zombie Outbreak]]

-->-- ''HouseOfTheDead: Overkill''

->'''Isaac Washington:''' I'm sick of these motherfucking zombies!
->'''Agent G:''' Mutants. I've ''asked'' you not to use the Z word.

-->-- ''TheSecretWorld's Kingsmouth Trailer.''

-->I've seen those movies. I know what they're ''supposed'' to be called. But I refuse to use the word. They're dead people, but they walk...
-->-- '''TheSecretWorld's Kingsmouth Trailer.'''