suffix
Street Slang
-izzle
· suffix · west-coast
West Coast suffix that turns any word into slang.
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Suffix/infix that drops the back half of a word and tacks on '-izzle' — fo' shizzle, my nizzle, for rizzle. West Coast in origin, weaponised by Snoop Dogg until it colonised pop culture in the early 2000s.
“Fo' shizzle my nizzle, the drinks is on me.”
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-izzle In A Sentence
Fo' shizzle my nizzle, the drinks is on me.
Origin & Usage
Bay Area / West Coast hip-hop slang (E-40 used it early); broken into mainstream by Snoop Dogg circa 2001.
Variants
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People Also Ask
What does -izzle mean?
It's a West Coast slang suffix you tack onto the end of a word to make it sound cooler, like 'fo shizzle' for 'for sure'.
How do you use -izzle in a sentence?
You attach it to a word for effect, as in 'Fo shizzle my nizzle' or 'What's the dizzle?'
Where does -izzle come from?
It was popularized in the late 1990s and early 2000s by West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg, who built a whole 'izzle' style of speech around it.
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