Teenage slang "schiznick/shiz" (= great, cool)--Query
GSCole
gscole at ARK.SHIP.EDU
Wed Feb 4 02:54:12 UTC 2004
Gerald,
The word is 'new' for me, and, after reading the following postings, I'm
still not sure how or when I'd use the word. Two spellings found.
Searching in Google Advanced Groups, shiznick is used in a message on--
6 FEB 1994:
http://www.google.com/groups?q=+%22shiznick%22&start=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=r&selm=CKsnww.wJ%40freenet.carleton.ca&rnum=12
26 APR 1994:
http://www.google.com/groups?q=+%22shiznick%22&start=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=r&selm=CotzC7.Hs5%40freenet.carleton.ca&rnum=38
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Schiznick is used on 10 SEP 1997:
http://www.google.com/groups?q=+%22schiznick%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=r&selm=0D77E31E7E0DF158.C9A2BFE650373D82.E5FE2F808BEBA313%40library-proxy.airnews.net&rnum=9
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Several versions of schiz, which is often used in reference to
schizophrenia. One note with the Subject of "schiz pics" refers to
"schism stills" in the message body.
http://www.google.com/groups?q=+%22schiz%22&start=90&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=r&selm=9epetg%242j9i%241%40newssvr06-en0.news.prodigy.com&rnum=94
George Cole
Shippensburg University
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