Zits
a pimple; skin blemish.
contemporary examples
the teen choice awards are like other awards shows—self-aggrandizing speeches, silly performances—but shorter and with zits.
9 most outrageous moments from the teen choice awards the daily beast video august 10, 2009
everyone was ugly, full of embarr-ssing hair, zits, gl-sses.
wheels is dead: remembering a canadian childhood glynnis macnicol february 29, 2012
historical examples
krishna had his own little girl between his knees, with heart-shaped lips and thick matte concealer over her zits.
someone comes to town, someone leaves town cory doctorow
noun
(slang) a pimple
n.
“acne pimple,” 1966, originally u.s. teenager slang, of unknown origin.
zit (zĭt)
n.
a pimple.
noun
a minor skin lesion; a pimple; a blackhead: first arnie’s zits mysteriously clear up
a mark left by a love-bite, a strong kiss, etc; hickey: she tried to conceal the big zit on her neck
[1966+ teenagers; origin unknown; perhaps echoic of the squishy pop made when the pus is squeezed from a blackhead]
verb
to set something on fire; ignite something
[1970s+ army; fr zippo, trademark of a cigarette lighter, probably fr the sound made as one turns the sparking wheel, and the speed with which the lighter ignites]
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