TV Words

[Jim Parish]

Benjamin Zimmer notes:
> "Tenser, said the Tensor" lists several ["-zilla" words]:
>
> http://tenser.typepad.com/tenser_said_the_tensor/2005/03/zilla.html

One that's not mentioned there: I seem to recall, on "Cheers", a large (and
therefore very slow-cooking) turkey referred to as "birdzilla". (It was a
Thanksgiving episode, in which Norm's wife *almost* appeared.)

Jim Parish
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