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Zanu-PF
Zimbabwe's ruling party; the opposition, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, is the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -
Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez
Spanish politician, elected prime minister in 2004 -
-ze
endings: use -se, even if this upsets your (American) spellchecker, eg emphasise, realise; but capsize -
zeitgeist
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Zellweger, Renée
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Zephaniah, Benjamin
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zero
plural zeros -
Zeta-Jones, Catherine
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zeugma
an example: "The queen takes counsel and tea" (Alexander Pope) -
zhoosh
an example of gay slang (see Polari), used in the fashion industry and on US television shows such as Will and Grace and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, it has various shades of meaning: (noun) clothing, ornamentation; (verb) zhoosh your hair, zhoosh yourself up; zhooshy (adjective) showy -
Zhu Rongji
Chinese premier (prime minister) from 1998 to 2003, when he was succeeded by Wen Jiabao -
zigzag
no hyphen -
Zimmer
TM; if it's not a Zimmer frame, call it a walking frame -
Zionist
refers to someone who believes in the right for a Jewish national home to exist within historic Palestine; someone who wants the borders of that entity to be expanded is not an "ultra-Zionist" but might be described as a hardliner, hawk or rightwinger -
zloty
Polish unit of currency -
zoos
lc: London zoo, San Diego zoo, etc
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