zoomies

zoomie

slang A military nickname for a member of the United States Air Force or a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. The bar was filled with zoomies and jarheads on leave for the long weekend. I was a zoomie fresh out of the academy when the war broke out.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

zoomies

(ˈzumiz)
n. members of the U.S. Air Force. (A nickname used by the army. Persian Gulf War.) The zoomies attacked the airfield and damaged a lot of planes.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • zoomie
  • uno ab alto
  • grievance
  • air (one's) grievances
  • air grievances
  • air one's grievances
  • dance on air
  • walk on air
  • walk on air, to
  • float on air
References in periodicals archive
Diesel is a Lurcher rescue dog and is very affectionate, he "loves sofas, standing on window sills, licking gross stuff, zoomies and hugs."
RENEE is a fab medium size Lurcher who is very typical of the breed, she is gentle and calm however does love her zoomies. She will chase small furries however is muzzle trained too.
Off lead she likes to do zoomies and run around before stopping at your feet for a much needed fuss and play.
When she is in a play yard, she is a pro at doing "zoomies," her lips flopping up and down and her tongue hanging out, totally hilarious, in the staff's opinion.
Without it, Bennigan, my Border Terrier, would have felt ready to resume his twice-daily "zoomies" routine far too soon --up and down the stairs, on and off the couch, usually while barely touching the floor.
He also assures the reader that for him war was not an addiction, as it was for the "crazies mailing ears home to their girlfriends, the zoomies who couldn't get an erection unless they were cutting in the afterburners on their F-4s" (56).
I learned a lot about the zoomies from you when I was the Coastie liaison at the AF SNCOA!
Instead I repeated my lie when needed and remained quiet when a drafted brother or uncle came back full of rage at their "greenhorn lieutenants" or the "zoomies who didn't know what it really meant to fight a war."
No bells, whistles or zoomies and not even the capacity to take orders.
She does have her mad moments and loves a good run around, doing zoomies and bouncing around like a typical pup.
It started with a sudden case of the zoomies (when your dog runs at full speed rather erratically with his ears back, eyes wide, and his butt tucked beneath him).
You would think this would hold him back but he can run super fast and loves doing zoomies! He will at times lift the leg if he's feeling tired but he never complains about it.
He even eats lying down!" Woody can be speedy, and he gets the "zoomies" a couple times a day, but when it comes to training, I have to keep the sessions short and sweet.
Celebrate your dog's adolescent antics - his frequent invitations to play, zoomies through the garden, and his delight over the smallest things.