Oxford dictionary adds "Zyzzyva" as the last new word
The Oxford English Dictionary has added a new last word – “zyzzyva”, in it's latest update and i bet you can't pronounce it.
The word” – “zyzzyva”, is a genus of tropical weevil
native to South America typically found in palm trees and will now take the place of “zythum”, an ancient Egyptian malt beer as
the dictionary's final entry.
Zyzzyva: The newest last word in the Oxford English Dictionary, explained |
The name was apparently coined by the US entomologist Thomas Lincoln Casey, who described it in a 1922 work, the OED said.
In any case, zyzzyva owes much of its currency in English to its notoriety as the last entry in various dictionaries, the ranks of which now include the OED, it said.
Zyzzyva is among a variety of new
words to be added, which also include hygge, a Danish term described as
“a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a
feeling of contentment or well-being”.
Who can pronounce it?
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