"As If"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:39:00 -0700, Arnold M. Zwicky
<zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:

>On Jun 26, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Doug Bigham wrote:
>
>> Where does "shazif" fit into the "as if" discussion?  I have
>> "shazif" (IIRC) written in one of my yearbooks from 1992, right
>> next to "ai'eet" (alright) (or some spelling thereof).
>
>dunno.  it's new to me.  can you supply any context?  examples?

I'm guessing it's a blend of "sha!" + "as if!" -- two interjections
popularized by "Wayne's World" (the movie came out in '92).



--Ben Zimmer