wyngz

wyngz

English

Etymology

Respelling of wings.

Noun

wyngz pl (plural only)

1. (US) A chicken food product resembling chicken wings.
   • 2012, Andrew F. Smith, Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat

     Perhaps the most unusual “chicken wings” are offered with DiGiorno's frozen three-meat pizza. They are honey-glazed, buffalo-style “Boneless Wyngz,” which contain no bones and no wing meat, either.

   • 2015, Liz Vaccariello, Stop & Drop Diet: Lose Up to 5 Lbs in 5 Days (page 98)

     3 pieces Tyson Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Wyngz

   • 2017, FSIS Compliance Guidance for Label Approval - August 2017

     Products without standard of identity (e.g. Wyngz- white chicken fritters)

Usage notes

• The US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service permits the use of wyngz (but no other misspellings) on food packaging under certain conditions.