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Is "Zuckerberg" a verb?

StraxBoy
Basically, I am rewatching Rick and Morty but in English. In S1E9, Summer said that The Devil was "Zuckerberging her". Does anyone know what does it mean?

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underworld-discipleā€¢
In that Rick and Morty episode (S1E9, "Something Ricked This Way Comes"), Summer uses it to describe how The Devil is ripping her off or stealing credit for her hard work. Think about Mark Zuckerberg, there's a story that he kinda "stole" the idea for Facebook from the Winklevoss twins. So when Summer says "He's Zuckerberging me!", she's basically accusing The Devil of stealing her ideas or exploiting her efforts for his own gain.
CollectiveCephalopodā€¢
Mark Zuckerberg got rich by cheating his business partner, so 'Zuckerberging' someone means cutting them out of a reward that they helped earn. It's not a standard word by any metric, but is a fun example of English's propensity to turn nouns into verbs to describe highly specific things. Another example is 'MacGuyvering' to refer to assembling something useful out of junk, in reference to the main character of the 80s TV show MacGuyver and his ability to jury-rig inventive solutions out of everyday stuff.
schalowendofthepoolā€¢
In english, you can verb any noun
somuchsongā€¢
It would almost certainly be referring to Mark Zuckerberg. Most likely, it would mean that the Devil was doing something to Summer that Mark Zuckerberg might do but without having seen the show, it's hard to be more precise.
RedLegGIā€¢
Itā€™s more common to see ā€˜zuckedā€™ used.
Middcoreā€¢
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg
triplefRickā€¢
In this context it means betraying or double crossing.
Desperate_Owl_594ā€¢
When you turn a person into a verb, that person is doing something that the other person did. Usually something negative.
Umicilā€¢
In American English, almost any noun can be used as a verb to describe the action done by the noun. For example, you can hammer a nail with a hammer.
vampyireā€¢
for what it's worth "Suckerberg" should be a verb :)
Ddreigiauā€¢
It's verb-ification of a noun. Zuckerberg is the name of the founder of Amazon Corporation. Context would be required to know what Summer meant exactly when she said the Devil was "Zuckerberging" her, but it would be some action commonly associated with Mark Zuckerberg
Tueraiā€¢
You can verb most nouns if the context will be clear. This is how we get some new terms like "let me google that" vs. "let me search for that on google" and "i will photoshop out my acne" vs. "i will edit out my acne using digital image manipulation in adobe photoshop"
Separate_Draft4887ā€¢
Yeah this one is a reference to the Winklevoss twins, whom he stole the idea for Facebook from. Supposedly. You can use nouns as verbs, but you run the risk of this situation, where someone isnā€™t sure of the reference. Itā€™s also informal and often for comedic effect.
Comfortable-Study-69ā€¢
Itā€™s not officially a word, but sometimes the names of famous real people and fictional characters that are known for certain traits (or ideologies associated with them, but thatā€™s beyond the scope of what Iā€™m talking about) are turned into verbs, nouns, and most commonly adjectives. For ones that have made their way into official use, look at Quixotic, Panglossian, Oedipal, and Odyssean. For other potential slang terms, someone could say someone is ā€œBideningā€ if they act senile, ā€œRoganingā€ if they smoke weed and talk about random stuff a lot, or ā€œReaganingā€ if they are a politician that attempts to impose neoliberal policies.
Unlikely_Afternoon94ā€¢
Rick doesn't speak English. The man is the master of time, space and interdimensional travel. Verbs and nouns bow before him, looking to him for their meaning. He puts words together as he sees fit. They mean what he wants them to mean.
Spare-Plumā€¢
A ton of nouns (like people, concepts, things) can be turned to verbs for humorous effect. Example from brooklyn nine-nine: "[Are you trying to monty hall me?](https://youtu.be/AD6eJlbFa2I?t=124)" I use this often in my own humor if there's a good reference you can turn into a verb
Elliojamā€¢
People will often turn nouns into verbs for varying reasons, but a common one is comedy. Mark Zuckerberg is a famous tech billionaire and the owner of Facebook. It's hard to tell what was meant by "Zuckerberging her" without additional context, but maybe someone who has seen the show can give a more specific answer.
CanInevitable6650ā€¢
"Zuckerberging" is an allusion to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. In this instance, it probably signifies to take advantage of someone by posing as someone's helper. The joke works based on how Facebook has been blamed for appropriating people's data and profiting from it and still projecting itself as a useful service. When Summer, therefore, claims that the Devil is "Zuckerberging her," she implies he's misleading her playing helper while he actually exploits her.
literallysophiaā€¢
Mark Zuckerberg betrayed his business partner for money and pushed him out of the company Facebook , the movie ā€˜the social Networkā€™ made this public information, Zuckerberging isnā€™t a commonly used phrase and most people would be confused but that is what itā€™s referencing