The last word!

Christmas is a time when all sorts of relatives tend to descend upon you, and some of them always want to have the last word in any discussion, debate or argument.

Well to save a lot of time, let them have it!

The word (that is, the last word in the Oxford English Dictionary) is "Zyxt".

In the manner of that TV favourite "Call my Bluff", 'Zyxt' is either: -

• a Malaysian word for the outer skin of a citrus fruit such as an orange or a lemon,
• an obsolete Kentish word that is the second singular indicative present form of the verb see.
• The Hungarian word meaning 'Seven', (pronounced 'Sev-urhn!') following in numerical order from the word 'zyxst', meaning 'sixth'.

If you have any American visitors (especially ones that think that they're smart! - although I guess that would be just about all of them!) - the last word is actually 'Zyzzyva' - a tropical American weevil (or George Bush as he is now known!).