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Tip 1 - What "PEZ" in "PEZ Dispenser" Stands For

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Tomcax 2001 | permalink

Today I found out what the “PEZ” in “PEZ Dispenser” stands for. PEZ started out as a peppermint breath mint company in Vienna, Austria in 1927. The name PEZ derives from this fact. Specifically, “PEZ” comes from the German word for peppermint, “pfefferminz”, with the “p” coming from the first letter of the word; the “e” is from the sixth [...]

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