Smombies are Coming Smombie, a compound word coined by combining smartphone and zombie, was first used in Germany in 2015. It describes people who are walking on the streets with their eyes fixed to their smartphones reminiscent of zombies. While there are not many people that call themselves smombies, we can see them quite often. You must have seen people, walking slowly like zombies with their smartphones on one hand and Bluetooth ear phones in both ears, in the transfer section of the subway during rush hour and those that are staring at their smartphones while walking on the sidewalk or standing at the crosswalk, waiting for the signal to change. These people, walking while absorbed in a six-inch screen, are the smombies.
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