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Computing | Baz /baz/ n. 1. [common] The third metasyntactic variable "Suppose we have three functions: FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ...." (See also fum) 2. interj. A term of mild annoyance. In this usage the term is often drawn out for 2 or 3 seconds, producing an effect not unlike the bleating of a sheep; /baaaaaaz/. 3. Occasionally appended to foo to produce `foobaz'. Earlier versions of this lexicon derived `baz' as a Stanford corruption of bar. However, Pete Samson (compiler of the TMRC lexicon) reports it was already current when he joined TMRC in 1958. He says "It came from "Pogo". Albert the Alligator, when vexed or outraged, would shout `Bazz Fazz!' or `Rowrbazzle!' The club layout was said to model the (mythical) New England counties of Rowrfolk and Bassex (Rowrbazzle mingled with (Norfolk/Suffolk/Middlesex/Essex).". Source: Jargon File. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Baz | English | Bazooka | N/A |
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Crosswords: BAZ |
| Specialty definitions using "BAZ": qux ♦ toto. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BAZ" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Turkish (alcali, alkali, base). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Ghomar baz (1968) Ra'i baz (2003) | |
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| "BAZ" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "BAZ" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 85.71% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BAZ": baz-who. | |
Ending with "BAZ": Maher-shalal-hash-baz. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BAZ": bazaar, bazaars, bazar, bazars, bazoo, bazooka, bazookas, bazooms, bazoos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BAZ": bombazine, bombazines, carbazole, carbazoles, procarbazine, procarbazines. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-z" | |
-1 letter: ab, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-z" | |
+2 letters: abuzz, baiza, baize, bazar, bazoo, blaze, braza, braze, zebra. | |
+3 letters: ablaze, baizas, baizes, banzai, bazaar, bazars, bazoos, begaze, benzal, bezant, bezazz, bezoar, blazed, blazer, blazes, blazon, braize, brazas, brazed, brazen, brazer, brazes, brazil, byzant, gazabo, gazebo, zareba, zariba, zebras. | |
+4 letters: albizia, arabize, banzais, baptize, bazaars, bazooka, bazooms, begazed, begazes, bezants, bezoars, bezzant, bizarre, biznaga, bizonal, blazers, blazing, blazons, bonanza, braizes, brazens, brazers, brazier, brazils, brazing, britzka, buzukia, buzzard, byzants, cabezon, emblaze, gazabos, gazebos, imblaze, sizable, sizably, zarebas, zareeba, zaribas, zebraic, zebrass. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 5A |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- --.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01011010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A Z |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 005A |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363560 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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