Whoops. Insted of "beserk" make that spelling "berserk." Gerald Cohen > ---------- > From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Cohen, Gerald Leonard > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:53 PM > Subject: Re: beezark (1919) > > My guess is it's from "beserk." For the vowel in "-zark" cf. "varsity" from "(uni)versity. > > Gerald Cohen > >