3.10.08
Q is for Qi.
My favorite Scrabble word, though I know not what it means, and I hope I never know because ignorance is bliss indeed. There are but a handful of Q- and Z-words that ever come to mind when faced with a rack of wooden tiles, and after the great za debacle of 2007 I've avoided dictionaries, Official Players' and Webster's alike. Za, you see, is short for pizza, and if I ever meet anyone who actually calls pizza za I will punch them in the neck for further handicapping my chance to ever beat Mysterygirl! at a game. That za is short for pizza is the most fucking ridiculous thing I've ever heard (excluding just about everything to pass from Sarah Palin's lips, of course), the yin to my yang, the sloe gin in my tonic. And now Qi is all I've got since I refuse to use za, even when za would make all the difference in the world. It's a matter of principle, you see, and I am a woman of principle.
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I always use za but I didn't know it was short for pizza. SIGH.
ReplyDeleteIf you're playing against the practice robot online, it won't let you use za. I'm ashamed that I actually know this because in desperation I tried it, though in my defense, I never associated it with pizza.
ReplyDeleteUgh, I thought there must be another meaning. Why would they let that slang in but not others (I'm looking at you, various-words-for-sex-organs)?
ReplyDeleteNo matter, though-- you usually kick my ass in those games, za or no.
Learning that word vastly improved my Scrabble game.
ReplyDeleteRemember that time it wouldn't let me spell "cameltoe?" Oh, but za . . . za is fine.
ReplyDeleteHa! Or when I would have had a bingo if it accepted "pimpest"? I still dispute that. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think I can in good conscience use "za" anymore (short for pizza, really?). Thanks for ensuring the coming years of painful scrabble losses, Kat.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe you still hate kit kats. They're so fucking good. Wafers & chocolate. And you hate what?
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