n. the title of an invention by Crispin Jones designed to play the early athletic events simulation video game “Track & Field.”
<ZXZX offers a way of thinking about the cheating devices available to digital games players. It also poses the question—what does it mean to cheat or deceive a computer? —Mr-Jones.org.>
zz-zz-zz.
n. the buzzing (“possibly begging”) call of the Black-headed Batis, as described in Shrikes and Bush-Shrikes by Tony Harris.
zzhzzh.
interj. a slurred exclamation, as in A: A Novel by Andy Warhol.
zzrrr.
n. the “descending grating” call of the Crested Flycatcher-Shrike, as described in Shrikes and Bush-Shrikes by Tony Harris.
zzsssh.
n. the sound of a destructive “nova effect” explosion, caused by defective cyborg robots created to explore the stars (Jack Kirby, 2001: A Space Odyssey #8).
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