February 2016 NaHaiWriMo Writing
Prompts
Selected by Michael Dylan Welch
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zap (or bug zapper)
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zazen (meditation)
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zeal or zealot
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zebra or zebra crossing
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zed/zee (the letter itself)
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zeitgeist (the defining spirit
or mood for a particular historical period or location)
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zenith
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zephyr (a gentle breeze)
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zeppelin
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zero
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zest
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zeugma (a Western term for a
word that has a meaning with what comes before and after it, as in “killing
time flies”—like a pivot line in haiku)
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zigzag
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zinc
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zinfandel
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zinger
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zinnia
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zip or zipper
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zirconium
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zit
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zither
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zodiac
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zombie
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zone
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zoo or zookeeper or zoological
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zucchini
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zwieback (a type of cracker or
hard bread)
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zydeco (a Louisiana musical
genre that blends blues, R&B, and indigenous music)
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zyzzyva (a genus of tropical
American palm weevil, the last word in many English dictionaries, and the
last word in NaHaiWriMo’s two-year odyssey through 790 daily alphabetical writing
prompts using all the letters of the English alphabet)
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