1930s: Jazzing the Big Apple

Zoo Lots Avenue (New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn)

New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn has several connections to the New York City Subway. However, the areas and the stations are so dangerous -- especially the elevated station at the intersection of New…

Zoo York

"Zoo York" is less a nickname for New York City than it is the name of a New York City-based company that makes products popular with skateboarders and graf(fiti) artists. "Zoo…

Zoombie (Zoom + zombie)

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused many people to stay at home and go to work/school remotely -- often by using Zoom. A person using Zoom too much was a "Zoombie" or "zoombie"…

Zoominar (Zoom + seminar)

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused many people to stay at home and go to work/school remotely -- often by using Zoom. Many students attended a "Zoominar" or "zoominar" (Zoom +…

Zucchini Sticks

It appears that this popular appetizer began in a New York City restaurant, probably Theodore's. 19 February 1949, New York Herald Tribune, pg. 11, col. 6:She folds the veal turnover style,…

Zuccotti Lung

In 2011, Zuccotti Park (formerly called Liberty Plaza Park, opposite the World Trade Center) filled up with Occupy Wall Street protesters. Some of the protesters starting coughing and labeled it…

Zydecajun (zydeco + Cajun)

American Cajun singer Wayne Toups has called his brand of music "zydecajun" (zydeco + Cajun). The name "Zydecajun" is also the formal name of his group that recorded an album in…