"As If"

[Douglas Bigham]

In a message dated 6/26/2005 6:25:24 PM Central Standard Time,
bgzimmer at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU writes:
I'm guessing it's a blend of "sha!" + "as if!" -- two interjections
popularized by "Wayne's World" (the movie came out in '92).
Yeah, that's what I always assumed it was.  As in
Speaker A: "Don't you just love the new minimalist program?"
Speaker B:    "Shazif."  (or) "Shazif.  I've so moved on to functionalism."


-doug

-dsb
Douglas S. Bigham
Department of Linguistics
University of Texas - Austin
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