zit

Etymology

Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).

noun

  1. (Canada, US, slang) pimple
    I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits. 1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, “Pinball 1959”, in Generation, volumes 20-21, page 182
    Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits? 1987 Adventures in Babysitting, 00:06:35

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