ljredux on Nostr: #zap—as a noun or verb—is a surprisingly recent development. The Online ...
#zap—as a noun or verb—is a surprisingly recent development. The Online Etymological dictionary claims it originated in 1929 as a sound, 1942 as a verb, but I found it being used as a verb in a Buck Rogers strip nine years earlier. #zaps #facts
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