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Zit

//ˈzɪt// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Pimple Canada, US, slang

    "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."

  2. 2
    a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne wordnet

Etymology

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

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