Excuses for Being Late with Z

• Zoned out

  Excuse, daydreaming caused delay

• Zombie apocalypse

  Funny excuse, imaginary disaster

• Zoom meeting

  Excuse, delayed by online meeting

• zebra ate my homework

  Funny excuse, playful homework excuse

• Zoning out

  Excuse, distracted and lost track of time

• zapped by lightning

  Funny excuse, struck by lightning

• zoom call

  Excuse, busy on Zoom call

• Zipper stuck

  Excuse, clothing issue delayed arrival

• Zoo trip

  Was at the zoo; the trip ran longer than planned.

• Zoo visit

  Visiting the zoo; lost track of time there.

• Zoo animals escaped

  Escaped zoo animals caused road closures—late!

• zipper broke

  Clothes malfunction: zipper broke, got delayed.

• zebra in the road

  A zebra on the road stopped cars and buses.

• zoo escape

  Works as “I was late because of a zoo escape.”

The words in the list Excuses for Being Late with Z come from players of the word game Categories game.