Onion Sideways

Did you ever think about the fact that the word onion is ZO-ZO spelled sideways? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Onion Sideways”

I just have to mention that I will never forget the moment that I realized that the word onion is zozo spelled sideways.

Zozo. Oh yeah. Zozo. Z-O hyphen Z-O. So the I becomes a hyphen turned sideways.

Right. Just turn your head and Zozo becomes onion. It’s an onion headline. You know, the satirical newspaper, area woman realizes onion spells Zozo turned sideways.

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