Zzzz-zzzz-zzzz: Words [portable]

The only way to say it is to not say it.

The “zzzz-zzzz-zzzz word” is not a word at all. It’s a placeholder. A joke. A koan. zzzz-zzzz-zzzz words

The result is a word that looks like a stalled car: start, sputter, surge, sputter, stop. It has a rhythm like a heartbeat with arrhythmia. Try saying one—if you can find one. Ask a lexicographer to name a “zzzz-zzzz-zzzz word,” and they will pause. Then they will smile the pained smile of someone who has spent too long in the attic of the OED. The only way to say it is to not say it

They are the “zzzz-zzzz-zzzz words.” A joke

On a now-defunct forum called WordWizards.net , a user named “Lexicogrift” proposed (Z, then IZZL (4), then EDAZ (4), then ZLE? No—extra letters). Another offered ZAZZLEFUZZZ —which breaks down immediately.