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#AskFreddy

OK. Big question!

Does the zip get it's name because:

❓ It's a quick way to fasten (it's zippy)?

❓ That's the sound it makes when you do them up?

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary 🧐, it comes from the verb to zip, meaning shut up, as in “zip your lip”.