Zed

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zed"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Zed

1. A diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah.
   • 1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates:

     “So you changed it.”
     “Yes.” He turns off the tap.
     “Why did you choose the name Zed? What does it mean?”
     “Nothing. It's the last letter of the alphabet.”

Etymology 2

Noun

Zed (plural Zeds)

1. Alternative form of Z (“a member of Generation Z”).
   • 2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, Word Up: A Lexicon and Guide to Communication in the 21st Century, Halstead Press, →ISBN, page 175:

     Youth jargon is in constant flux. What may be all the go today, may disappear tomorrow. Herein some of the slang may be recognisable to Y-ers but not Zeds and vice versa.

   • 2017, Virginia Roach, “Foreword”, in Bruce S. Cooper, Carlos R. McCray, Stephen V. Coffin, editors, Why School Leaders Need Vision: Managing Scarcity, Mandates, and Conflicting Goals for Educational Quality, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page ix:

     While Millennials started using computers for games, word processing, and rudimentary e-mail, Zeds have been fully immersed in social media from an early age.

   • 2020, Nuno Alberto Rodrigues Santos Loureiro, Lúcio Agostinho Barreiros dos Santos, “Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Classroom: An Exploratory Study in Professional Military Education”, in Álvaro Rocha, Robson Pacheco Pereira, editors, Developments and Advances in Defense and Security: Proceedings of MICRADS 2019 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies), Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., →ISBN, page 452:

     In today’s changing environment, new generations (e.g. Millennials and Zeds) learn differently.

2. Alternative letter-case form of zed

Anagrams

• DEZ, Dez