verb when faced with two courses of action, to take the right one. Most commonly used in variations of 'I zigged when I should have zagged' US, 1948
zigged when one should've zagged
perfomed one deed when another deed would have been better; to do something inconsequentially different from another thing. I don't know why she complained. I guess I zigged when I should have zagged.
zagged
mod. alcohol intoxicated. How can anybody get so zagged on three beers?