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Originally Posted by jayswin

The first two hits were

- an abbreviation of the Dutch Zuid-Afrika


- The slang term “Za” and “Zaza” (something spelled Za Za) is an noun, which is used in rap music and culture to reference really good weed.

and then finally the pizza origin

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/...lling-pizza-za

So now, thanks to those TV shows, pizzerias and morons who shouldn’t be playing Scrabble in the first place, ’za is now a word that is very well known. Given that, I ask Popik when we might be rid of such a word — like, if after a few generations, a slang word like this may cycle out of usage. Unfortunately, Popik tells me that ’za will likely never go away — it may fade in popularity and it definitely isn’t cool anymore, but he says that, at this point, it will never be gone entirely.

Just like COVID, we acted too late to do anything about this. ’Za was allowed to spread, and now we’re stuck with it for the foreseeable future. So, rather than wish it away, we just may have to accept that this is a part of our lives now, and live with the risks and consequences therein.