More Definite (Slight) Antedating of "Pizzazz"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Jun 24 19:24:17 UTC 2013


At 6/24/2013 04:23 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>If this holds up (which history renders a dubious proposition), it
>would be some recompense for the now untenable claim that New Haven
>originated pizza (in the U.S.):  perhaps at least we were the home of pizzazz!
>
>LH

"Pizzazz" is clearly the plural of "pizza".

Joel


>On Jun 24, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>
> > pizzazz (OED 1937 [26 Feb.])
> >
> > 1937 _Yale Daily News_ 23 Feb. 4 (Yale Daily News Historical
> Archive)  That the Blues were potentially better skaters cannot be
> doubted, but somehow they lacked the old pizzazz down on the Arena
> ice last night.
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
> >
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