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Simpin' for some Za (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I have only ever heard Za in reference to marijuana. Did it start as a pizza thing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Harry Dresden in the Dresden files books gives toot-toot (a fairy) some pizza. Toot then starts calling it za and eventually Dresden the za-lord.

That book came out in 2000.

So I'd assume the term "za" for pizza was was around at least 5-10 years prior.

https://dresdenfiles.fandom.com/wiki/Toot-Toot_Minimus

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’ve only heard it in reference to pizza, but in like a Bill & Ted type voice so maybe it’s optimal use is stoned eating pizza

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Definitely heard it called that at least as far back as the 90s. I assume it predates that, though.