January 04, 2007

English Language Learner's

"pizzazz" or "pizazz"

Function: noun [noncount]
Status: informal
Meaning: the quality of being exciting or attractive
Examples:
The young actress has a lot of pizzazz.
The song has plenty of pizzazz.

Just got the daily email of the English Language Learner's Word-of-the-Day and found this word. Could they possibly be mistaken with this word for a simple pizza +extra "zz" for that extra taste and maybe super-extra large size. "Can I have the special Pizza with quadruple z's? Oh, and don't hold the cheese." Merriam-Webster doesn't think so.

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