What are smombies?

Smartphones are increasingly turning young people in particular into smombies.The smombies are here. The smombie apocalypse has long since reached Switzerland. More and more people are wandering around completely disoriented and staring at their smartphones. "Smombie" is a portmanteau word made up of the terms "smartphone" and "zombie". According to Langenscheidt, it refers to people who are so distracted by constantly looking at their smartphone that they are barely aware of their surroundings. Thanks to booming augmented reality games such as Pokemon Go, the number of smombies has increased significantly once again.smombies may not be targeting our brains, but they do bring danger with them. One Study from Germany concludes that almost 17 percent of pedestrians use their smartphone in traffic. This means that younger people in particular are putting their lives at risk. sw