Please do not add your own invented slang terms. This section is for terms introduced in notable works, or introduced in fields relevant to the topic.

This page deals with slang terms for a Zombie apocalypse, in the heat of the moment it's easy to garble in horror at the situation and important messages are lost so easy terms are introduced by the military which are inevitably adopted and mutated by civilians. Due to the scattered human population in a post-apocalyptic setting there are various redundancies as uconnected areas will use differing dialects.

Humans (civilian)Edit

Ferals - Humans regressed to animal instincts. Typically children surviving alone.

Quislings - People that become delusional and think they are zombies themselves.

Humans (military)Edit

Grunts - Infantryman, U.S. Army or Marine

Boot - New soldier in training.

Cavalry - Usually scout helicopters or other fast and light vehicles.

Spec Ops/Operators - Special Operations qualified personnel.

ZombiesEdit

Biters

Cannibal Corpses

Children of Lazarus

Crawlers/Draggers - No legs but have arm(s)

Dead Heads

Freaks

Geeks

Ghouls

Gimps - One leg lost

G's

Infected - Broad term for zombie, although technically, it refers specifically to living people transformed by a virus. Typically move at full human speed.

Roamers

Runners

Shufflers

Stiffs

The living dead

The turned

The walking dead

Undead

Walkers

Zachs/Zacks

Zeds

Z's