zalgo

Meaning

Noun

Text that appears corrupted or creepy due to the deliberate overuse of diacritics.
Unpredictable program behaviour resulting from an API's inconsistent use of synchronous versus asynchronous operations.

Origin

Said to have been coined in 2004 by Dave “Shmorky” Kelly as the name of a mysterious malevolent entity appearing in webcomics and creepypasta.

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