Reality Check by Dave Whamond for June 29, 2019

Zyzzyva: an weevil like insect

Spoiler Alert!

It is not fair that the word is spelled with more “Z” than allowed in Scrabble.

Zat’s all folks!

I thought the last word was zzzzz, onomatopoeic indication of snoring. Or maybe it’s zzzzzzz.

Dave always has to have the last word.

Ralph appears to have some competition in this one!

Zzyzzx is the name of an exit ofrom I-40 in California. maybe a town was once there. For the big fun stop at the Baghdad Cafe which is east of Calico gold mine. at Newberry Springs.

Well, it probably isn’t in any dictionary but there is Zzyzx Rd. in southern California. It’s about 8 or 10 miles south of Baker, CA and leads to the former Zzyzx Mineral Springs resort, now California State University’s Desert Studies Center.

Sorry and I hate to tell you, Ralph – that is not a word – nor should it be.

“About 190,000 results (0.53 seconds)”

Why the heck is xenon spelled that way?

Five years ago the ending was zythum.

zyzzyva[ ziz-uh-vuh ]nounany of various South American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.

I used to read dictionaries (and encyclopedias) – not completely through, but once I found what I was looking for, I’d keep going for a few more pages.