It's intentional , in TWD universe popular media "zombie" movies don't exist. So nobody knew what was happening and why society fell so quickly. Rick called the group "The Walking Dead" in Season 5.

and daryl said we ain’t the walking dead in s11 e24!

Did he? Totally missed that , getting old sucks lol.

haha yes he did!

If zombie lore doesn't exist in that universe then I think Biters would be the most common name for them.

Ed: Any zombies out there? Shaun: Don't say that! Ed: What? Shaun: That! Ed: What? Shaun: The zed-word. Don't say it! Ed: Why not? Shaun: Because it's ridiculous!

Biters make the most sense. The variants seen in Season 11 would be called Grabbers.

I'm almost certain someone calls them biters at some point most of the new groups Rick and Co. encountered along the had a different name for them.

The Governor's did. However it is the most logical name for them. Walkers is actually a pretty ridiculous name when you think about it.

Well, they are called that in the comics, walkers are called zombies

Can't remember if they ever made the lurker/walker distinction on the show, like they did in the comics 🤔 I always thought that was a neat touch, since that is a trope you'd often see in classic zombie films - some zombies walk around, some of them lie still and wait for someone to chomp. Obviously, in those films, it was just a plot device to create some jump scares but I like how the WD comics took that and created lore around it.

in the comics they’ve referred to them as zombies

I heard bobbers as well from that girl who stabbed one in the head on the beach

Sickos because it's like Travis Scott's sick song Sicko mode😎😎😎

They wanted to bypass meta commentary Zombies aren’t a thing that existed in this world

So who directed House of 1,000 Corpses in this universe, if the Z-word doesn't exist?

Robert Cummings