zooey

comparative zooier · superlative zooiest

1. informalResembling or characteristic of a zoo.

   a zooey smell

2. informalCrowded with people.

   […] restaurants that squeeze in as many tables as possible against the walls of the old town; it gets zooey, with tourists trying to get past the fuming waiters trying to deliver food to their waiting diners.

   2001, David Andrusia, Haas Mroue, Donald Olson, Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe, page 254

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Zoë.

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   As Montana lawmakers entered the critical final days of their legislative session on Thursday, one of the state’s only transgender lawmakers, Zooey Zephyr, was left exiled from the House chamber, monitoring the debate and casting votes on a laptop as she sat on a hallway bench near a bustling snack stand.

   2023 April 27, Jim Robbins, Mike Baker, Jacey Fortin, “A Transgender Lawmaker Is Exiled as Montana G.O.P. Flexes New Power”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2023