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wiz en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of wizard.

Meanings

  1. A person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular area.
    • a maths wiz
  2. (Internet, informal) A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
    • One notorious trick in less reputable corners of the MUD universe is to talk somebody into going into a dark corner of a MUD for some tinysex — dirty talking via computer screen, within character for the MUD, along with explicit posing — a dark corner where some invisible wizzes are hiding. 2000, Howard Rheingold, The Virtual Community, revised edition, page 154:
    • The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods. 2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max, page 11:

Forms

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wizzes Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “wiz” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

wiz en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of wizard.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, informal, intransitive) To be promoted to wizard (administrator) status in a multi-user dungeon, by completing the game quest.
    • I lost interest and stopped playing soon after I wizzed.

Forms

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wizzing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wizzed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wizzed Tense=Past lexicographic
wizzes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “wiz” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

wiz en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Onomatopoeic for the sound made by urination.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, slang, vulgar) Alternative spelling of whiz: an act of urination.
    alt of whiz
    • I have to take a wiz.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wizzes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

take a wiz

Source: en.wiktionary, “wiz” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

wiz en · ADP · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

See with.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:especially represents slurred or drunken speech, slang) Pronunciation spelling of with.
    alt of with