SPIZZERINCTUM

PRONUNCIATION: (spiz-uh-RING-tuhm) Listen to pronunciation

MEANING: noun: Energy, courage, and determination.

ETYMOLOGY: Origin uncertain; perhaps from the US dialect word spizarinctum (cash), probably an alteration of specie (coin money). Earliest documented use: 1831.
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'S PIZZER INCUM - How Papa Gino's in Boston makes a profit

SIZZERIN' TUM - the beer-belly you get from using shears too much

SIZZLER INC. TUM - ...and the one you get from eating too much steak (sInce 1957, anyway; nowadays you'll have to go to California or Australia or Southeast Asia to patronize the restaurant)