zoner
- noun
- /ˈzoʊnər/
- Informal
:
soñador despierto
- His tendency to daydream during meetings made him known as the office zoner.
Examples
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While reading the book, he became such a zoner that he lost track of time and was late for dinner.
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During the lecture, she seemed like a complete zoner, staring out the window instead of taking notes.
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That he was a wuss, a weebo, and a complete zoner.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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3.3
A person who often imagines things instead of paying attention
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7.0
A person who often forgets things and is easily distracted
A person who often does not remember things
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Surface Forms
Morphology
zoner = zone (semi-transparent) = zone + er
Formed by '-er' on the verb 'zone' but specifically refers to the informal phrasal sense 'zone out' (colloquial), so understanding requires knowledge of that informal usage.
Etymology
Zoner comes from the phrase zone out ('to lose attention' or 'drift away'). A helpful way to remember it is that a zoner is someone who often 'zones out' and becomes mentally absent.