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The real origin is unknown, but legend has it that in 1791, Dublin theater owner James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a new word to the language within twenty-four hours. He then went out and hired a bunch of street urchins to write a nonsense word "quiz" throughout the city of Dublin on walls. In about a day, the word was commonly spoken but nobody knew what it meant. Everybody thought it was just a test.


 

 







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