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za.

Pizza.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/zɑː/
  1. Pizza.

    Canada · US · countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Shortened from pizza.

noun
  1. Exotic marijuana.

    slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From an apheretic pronunciation of exotic. Compare zaza (“exotic marijuana”).

intj/zæ˧˥/General-American/zə˧˥/General-American/zɑ˧˥/General-American
  1. An expression of surprise or confusion; compare wha, huh, eh.

Where this word comes from

From an apheretic pronunciation of wossat or (directly) of what's that.

article/ziː//zʌ//zə/unstressed
  1. Nonstandard spelling of the, mimicking foreign accents.

    alt-of · nonstandard
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