I just wanted to chime in that za is a stupid word BUT it does stand for the “idea” of pizza and not a particular pizza. So pluralizing it makes no sense. So such thing as zas!
ZEBU and ZAS are both words in the OSPD. ORED is not. XOR is not.
The whole point of having an OSPD is that there has to be SOME nice totally unambiguous list of acceptable words, because there are always going to be corner cases of what is and is not actually a word, so rather than have infinite arguments, there’s just a list. Something either is on the list or it isn’t. And the OSPD, unlike some dictionaries, is very clear about what plurals, -er forms, un- forms, etc., are or are not words. (Although, as pointed out, the fact that it excludes dirty words complete defeats the point of that.)
Arggh, you sent me to my OSPD IV, and yes, ZAS is a good word!!
“We watched a movie, ordered some zas.”
Well, a google search of “the zas” and “pizza” shows that there are plenty of folks who do use it in that manner. Personally, I don’t, but it’s defensible. The only interesting this is that just about everybody writes it as “za’s” I suppose because “zas” looks kind of weird.
Zas does appear in the TWL - though it’s really stupid.
Somewhere out there, agents of the Scrabble Liberation Front are hanging around in cafes and bars, carefully working their neologisms qa, zi, and uj into casual conversations, biding their time…
“So, qa, have you seen the latest zi from Bakersfield? It’s uj magical! Such a ve zyxjique!”
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You are correct in refusing to accept “cert.”
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Heck, the plaintiffs didn’t even have standing.
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:golf clap:
Regards,
Shodan
When you said “Arggh”, did you mean AARGH, AARRGH, or AARRGHH?