Formation
Morphological reading: zoot + zeitgeist.
A comic miniature of historical atmosphere: the solemn German abstraction is contaminated by fashion, subculture and cartoonish mouth-feel.
Source
Earliest indexed occurrence: ππππππππ πππππππ πππ Β· 2024-06-06.
βWait, seriously β did Jesus fly?β βThe zootgeist .β βLike in the stories, I mean. Not in realβ¦β
Why it matters
The point is not merely novelty. The collision arrives before the definition does. See The JQD word-machine and the lexicon entry.