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Oct 21, 2026
This week’s themeZ in the spotlight This week’s words spizzerinctum zazzy
The Can-Can, 1889-90
Art: Georges Seurat Wordsmith Games
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with Anu Gargzazzy
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
adjective: Flashy, colorful, or stylish.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1961.
USAGE:
“When [Tina Brown] started at Vanity Fair, she cast off the zazzy type ...
and reëmbraced the crispness of the twenties magazine.” Nathan Heller; Bold Type; The New Yorker; Nov 20, 2017. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le
Guin, author (21 Oct 1929-2018)
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