FW: "Zazz" (= pep) 1916 -- (from Barry Popik)

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Zazz" must have been pretty rare. I don't see an ex. in the HDAS files or
in Berrey & Van den Bark (1942, 1947, 1953).

JL

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu>wrote:

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> Subject:      FW: "Zazz" (= pep) 1916 -- (from Barry Popik)
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> Barry Popik has sent two messages on "zazz" to Ben Zimmer and me.  I now
> share them below with ads-l.
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> Gerald Cohen
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> From: Barry Popik [mailto:bapopik at aol.com]
> Sent: Fri 3/23/2012 6:12 PM
> Subject: "Zazz" from 1916
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> FYI. I had previously sent a "zazz" from April 1912. That might not
> have been "jazz," but these clearly are.
> --Barry Popik
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> ...
> GENEALOGYBANK.COM
> 1916-08-22
> Kansas City Star
> "Over the Net"
> Page 8
> The "zazz" (that's a Chicago term for pep, snap, ginger and such), will
> be present in large quantities when matches in the doubles will start
> tomorrow.
> ...
> NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM
> 28 December 1916, San Antonio (TX) Light, pg. 8, col. 1 ad:
> GUNTER HOTEL
> New Year's Eve Supper
> (...)
> ROGERS ZAZZ ORCHESTRA
> The Real Dance Music
>
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> From: Barry Popik [mailto:bapopik at aol.com]
> Sent: Mon 3/19/2012 11:39 PM
> Subject: "ZAZZ!" (4-21-1912)
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> I checked some for "tazz" and "zazz." Mutt and Jeff visit a Madame Zazz
> fortune teller in a fall 1911 comic strip.
> ...
> This "ZAZZ!" is, perhaps, of note.
> --Barry Popik
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> GENEALOGYBANK.COM
> 1912-04-21 Oregonian (Portland, OR)
> Comic Section
> pg. 1:
> HOORAY! SAMBO CAPTURES A GIANT
> (...)
> "ZAZZ!"
> MEANING I'M HUNGRY
> ...
> (This character also says "GAZZI-BORO!" and "OOZE BIZZLE RAZZLE!")
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