zeerust

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noun

Datedness of something originally intended to seem futuristic.

OriginDutch rust →
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Meanings

zeerust1

nounzeerust (uncountable)
  1. uncountableDatedness of something originally intended to seem futuristic.

    It also features a nice bit of Zeerust in the form of a carefully reproduced Hollerith card.

    2009 March 23, James Nicholl, “Since there seems to be a derth of on topic material just now”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <gq8jkj$6u7$1@reader1.panix.com>
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    If in a mere 60 years we've learned enough that the predictions of the Futurists then have become "zeerust" today, how long before the predictions on this very blog become subject of ridicule and sympathy directed at our naivete?

    2010 January 21, Rick, quoting Jean Remy, “The Future of the Future”, in Rocketpunk Manifesto, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2015

    Sci-fi and futuristic- lots of potential here it seems to me, though not as many real world example rides as I expected. I wonder if it's a cost issue or a fear of getting zeerust setting in as the ride ages.

    2012 June 13, Fuu, “Concept Brainstorming (aka rambling) part one”, in Project Dark Ride, retrieved 31 May 2013

Zeerust2

proper noun
  1. A town in the province of North West, South Africa.
  2. A locality in the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Origin

zeerust · noun

Coined by British science fiction writer and humorist Douglas Adams and British television producer and writer John Lloyd in The Meaning of Liff (1983), from Zeerust, the name of a town in South Africa. By folk etymology, connected semantics to rust.

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Zeerust · proper noun

  1. Dutchrust“rest”
  2. EnglishZeerust

A shortening of Coetzee('s) Rust, Coetzee being a surname. Rust is probably from Dutch rust (“rest”).

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APA

zeerust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeerust

MLA

“zeerust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeerust. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zeerust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeerust.

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