schiz
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
Etymology: Clipping of schizophrenic. Compare schizo, schizoid.
Inflected forms:
form: schizes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: schitz
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: schizz
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: shitz
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: skitz
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: skiz
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more schiz
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most schiz
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: schitz
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: schizz
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: shitz
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: skitz
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: skiz
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: schizs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: schizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: schized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: schized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: schitz
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: schizz
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: shitz
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: skitz
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: skiz
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An insane person.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: At "The White Visitation" there's a long-time schiz, you know, who believes that he is World War II.
"Who's he?" ¶ "Anthony Pervis, my pimp. Everyone calls him—" ¶ "Cadillac, right? I know him. He's a schizz." ¶ "Yeah, and he's the one who's been killing all these people with laced junk. I just found one of my friends...dead. Just now. I saw him give her the smack."
His voice had taken a decidedly menacing tone. Manics could do damage when they got worked up. As bad as paranoid schizes. It was obvious that the power of persuasion wasn't going to do the trick.
As they entered the room, they saw him, head resting on the makeup table, arms dangling like a real skitz.
gloss: Crazy, insane.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: to go schiz
"Why didn't you say something? Don't you know some people go totally schitz their first time out?"
From dere, I must admit, he went a little schitz on me, running all over.
gloss: Involving or pertaining to schizophrenia (in the medical sense); schizophrenic.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: a schiz patient
Taggart, and Chusid are goin' up to the schiz ward. Grein is being released on her own, pending she stays on her meds.
"Kolla," Simon said. "She's really good. She counsels for us. You're having a little schiz break," he said.
Go into the doctor's office. He gives you schiz meds, you take them and the doctor and his office disappear.
gloss: Of a situation: odd, bizarre.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
slang
uncommon
examples: This all sounds a little schiz to me.
gloss: To act in an erratic and unpredictable manner; to go insane; to exhibit symptoms of schizophrenia.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: Whoa, don't schiz out on me.
So maybe I'm seeing them, not as they are right now, but as they will be when they die. Or maybe I'm just skitzing out. But it sure doesn't have the symptoms of any psychosis I've ever read or heard about.
"Is your computer schizing out on you?" Anika asked, apparently having the same problem with hers.
"Why you skitzing, girl? And what's up with that raggedy hooptie?" He regarded the Goose with scorn. "Guess you don't need no ice and no billie."
"Sounds like a belladonna flashback," Yolanda concluded after giving Erik a close eyeballing. "Or maybe Gomara really is schizing. Whatever it is, wish I had a camcorder."
Call me Gunshot Mike or Mr Skeng / Check one-two, man skitzed again
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