Zazzification in American Slang

Authors

Roger W. Wescott

Abstract

The coinage zazzification is my expansion of the American slang term zazzy (jazzy, sexy). I use it to designate the strong tendency, in American English, to render words slangier than they already are by substituting a Z-sound (sometimes written ZZ) for other consonants.

Recommended Citation

Wescott, Roger W. (1897) "Zazzification in American Slang," Word Ways: Vol. 20 : Iss. 4 , Article 8.
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