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PIZZO

Specialty Definition: PIZZO

DomainDefinition

Slang

Noun. Source: Its origins lie in the word "piece". The altering of the last three letters corresponds with their other drug terminology (see FIZZOED). Definition: A pizzo is another name for a piece which is a type of smoking device used for the consumption of marijauna. It can take the form of a pipe, bubbler, or smaller sized bong, but is rarely associated with a hooka. Context: A word used in reference to smoking marijauna. When the group brings up the idea of getting high, one of the people will invariably announce, "I'll get my pizzo". Social Source: Weathered Irish Nomads. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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"PIZZO" is a common misspelling or typo for: piazza, pizza.


Crosswords: PIZZO

Non-English Usage: "PIZZO" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (goatee, lace, pointed beard).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: PIZZO

The following table summarizes the usage of "PIZZO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
PizzoLast name1,00015,701
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PIZZO

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pizzo

29

d pizzo uccello

5

glass pizzo

3

calabro pizzo

3

angelo pizzo

3

marcia pizzo

2

diane pizzo ray

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: PIZZO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-o-p-z-z"

-2 letters: poi, zip.

-3 letters: op, pi.

 Words containing the letters "i-o-p-z-z"
 

+4 letters: pizzicato, podzolize.

 

+5 letters: podzolized, podzolizes, pozzolanic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PIZZO


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 49 5A 5A 4F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001001 01011010 01011010 01001111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#73 &#90 &#90 &#79

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0049 005A 005A 004F

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5043606049

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Names: Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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