Wednesday, April 30, 2014

fizz, phiz

Fizz or fizz means the sound of soda bubbles or effervescence; a hissing sound--
He loved to hear the fizz of soda over ice.
"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh, what a relief it is..."
Fizz is also a verb ( action word ), meaning to bubble or effervesce--
The powder will fizz when you add it to water.
This soda doesn't fizz; it's flat.

Phiz or phiz ( rhymes with fizz ) is an old-fashioned, informal word meaning face--
We haven't seen his phiz in the tavern in a fortnight.
He was always pleased to see the old man's phiz at the door.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"If you put your phiz close to the punch bowl, you'll hear the fizz of champagne."

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