zom-com

English

Etymology

From the first three letters of zombie and comedy. Formed by analogy with romcom and sitcom.

Noun

zom-com (countable and uncountable, plural zom-coms) (slang)

1. (film, uncountable) A movie genre combining elements of zombie horror and comedy.
   • 2019 June 14, Don Kaye, “The Dead Don’t Die Review: The Worst Bill Murray Zombie Movie”, in Den of Geek‎^[1]:

     The gold standard of zom-com movies is still Shaun of the Dead, which had plenty to say about British middle class complacency while making us care deeply about its rather dim but endearing characters.

2. (film, countable) An individual movie of this genre.
   • 2022 September 15, Brian Truitt, “Our 40 favorite movies of the past 40 years, from 'Back to the Future' to 'Get Out'”, in USA Today‎^[2]:

     Edgar Wright famously popularized the zom-com, with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as best friends in the middle of a hilarious undead apocalypse.

Synonyms

• zomedy

Related terms

• rom-zom-com