Noun

1. A snake god in religions of West Africa and elsewhere
2. A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his/her own.
3. A formerly deceased person who returns to life to attack the living.
4. An apathetic person.
5. A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.

   After working for 18 hours on the computer, I was a zombie.

6. A person under the influence of mood or behavior altering prescription drugs.
7. An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.
8. A process or task which has terminated but was not removed from the list of processes, typically because it has child processes that have not yet terminated.
9. A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
10. A drink of rum and fruit juices
11. Nickname for a conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.
    • 1944, "Time for Decision," Time, 6 Nov.,

      Had the time come to order Canada's home defense draftees—some 70,000 zombies idling at home—to battle overseas?

12. A hypothetical person who lacks self awareness.