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

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Barry Popik has sent two messages on "zazz" to Ben Zimmer and me.  I now share them below with ads-l.

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



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.
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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)



I checked some for "tazz" and "zazz." Mutt and Jeff visit a Madame Zazz
fortune teller in a fall 1911 comic strip.
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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
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(This character also says "GAZZI-BORO!" and "OOZE BIZZLE RAZZLE!")

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