zombie out

First attested in 1981. From zombie + out. Compare the earlier adjective zombied-out (1976).

• "1981, Contemporary Keyboard VII:i–vi, page unknown Ada Richter has compiled [Piano Classics] with the noble idea of helping younger students work on various aspects of technique without having to zombie out on drills and exercises."
• "After Dennis got killed, my mom just kind of zombied out for a couple of years."
• "After I’ve been zombied out, will they hurt my dad?"
• "After the ‛copter had crashed on Cobre Road, [Cody] figured he’d zombied out."
• "Black women just seem to do their time different. They sing more, goof around more. They don’t zombie out like the rest of us."
• "My man here keeps zombying out."
• "The autoworker who zombies out as your car-to-be passes by on the assembly line…contribute[s] to a loss in your personal productivity and sometimes your safety."