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Xerox Xmas

is a trade name; use photocopy avoid, use Christmas instead

Y
Yale yoghurt yoke Yom Kippur yours for oxen, yolk for eggs Jewish religious festival, also called Day of Atonement no apostrophe is a trade name for cylinder-rim locks

Z
zeitgeist zero zigzag zucchini zugwang means spirit of the age, but it has not yet been naturalised through long enough usage, so if you are writing for an Englishspeaking readership, stick to English plural zeroes no hyphen courgette is preferred is a German word for a disagreeable obligation such as having to make a move in chess which worsens ones position; as with all foreign, non-naturalised words, try to find an alternative English expression most of the time

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