Tazo - Is there such a word ? and where did it originate ?

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Mark Hobley - 17 Jan 2004 15:43 GMT

Has anyone heard of a tazo ?

I believe that a tazo is a small plastic disk used for model making,
skimming, or collecting.

I cannot find "tazo" in a dictionary.

Do you agree that there is such a word ?

Does anyone know the origin of this word ?

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Gary Vellenzer - 17 Jan 2004 16:09 GMT

> Has anyone heard of a tazo ?
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> Does anyone know the origin of this word ?

I only know it as the name of a brand of tea.

Tazza is a shallow cup.

Gary

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david56 - 17 Jan 2004 16:21 GMT

markhobley@hotpop.deletethisbit.com spake thus:

> Has anyone heard of a tazo ?
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> Does anyone know the origin of this word ?

I've never heard of a tazo, but what you described sounded like Pogs.
Behold, googling tazo pogs gives loads of hits - they seem to be
similar. There's even a Yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tazocollectors/

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Martin Ambuhl - 17 Jan 2004 21:16 GMT

> Has anyone heard of a tazo ?
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> Do you agree that there is such a word ?

Look up "tazza"

> Does anyone know the origin of this word ?

Italian "tazza," "tazzina," "tazzona," "tazzone"

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Alan O'Brien - 18 Jan 2004 03:28 GMT

> Has anyone heard of a tazo ?
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> Does anyone know the origin of this word ?

Yes - a tazo is a pog that has Taz on it.
That's Taz from the Warner Brothers cartoon Tazmania.

Alan

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Tazo - Is there such a word ? and where did it originate ?