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the sound of trapped carbon dioxide staging a tiny, joyful jailbreak from your drink
means The hissing, bubbling sound or sensation made by gas escaping from a liquid, especially a carbonated drink.
from An imitative word — 'fizz' is the noise itself written down, born of the same impulse that gave us 'hiss' and 'sizzle.' It surfaced in English around the 17th century, an echoic coinage whose very letters seem to leak air. The doubled 'z' does the work: you can practically hear the bubbles in the spelling.
- true name
- effervescence, from Latin for boiling up
- the pop
- each bubble bursts at the surface releasing gas
- flat fate
- warm liquid holds less CO2, so it escapes faster
- champagne
- holds roughly 49 million bubbles per bottle
- named for sound
- fizz is onomatopoeia, coined to mimic hissing
for instance
fizz buzz — programming game where you replace multiples of 3 with 'fizz' and multiples of 5 with 'buzz'
fizzy lifting drinks — fictional beverage from willy wonka & the chocolate factory (1971 film)