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 +…
1960s: Fun City
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…
Zydeco
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: ZydecoZydeco (/ˈzaɪdɪˌkoʊ/ ZY-dih-koh or /ˈzaɪdiˌkoʊ/ ZY-dee-koh, French: Zarico) is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole…