Online, chooms has spread as gaming slang rather than as a line tied to one confirmed scene or creator. The singular choom became widely recognised through futuristic gaming culture as a casual word for a friend or crew member, and the plural form is now used the same way in chats, streams and edits. Short voice clips built on slang like this travel well on soundboards because they are instantly repeatable, need no context to understand, and can signal an in-group joke in under three seconds.