I can't figure out this "izzle" bizniss. Is it the black equivalent of 'smurf'? There seems little rhyme or reason as to how this little colloquialism is employed.
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4 comments:
"that's just grizzeat."
i only knizzow a few izzlisms.
like hizzy=crib
jizzoint=place you are at
fashizzle ma nizzle=that's right brother!
ie.
"let's blow this jizzoint and go back to the hizzy."
"fashizzle ma nizzle" or "fasheezy ma neezy"
now you....
I read an article on this in the "On Language" part of The New York Times Magazine about a month ago, and the smurf comparison is on target from what this very white girl can tell. That and a linguistic construction called "tmesis" (Forgive me--I know this sounds snobby), where a word is inserted between, say, the prefix and root of another word. You can find it in Greek poetry, and Latin, because the language functions this way. It doesn't work very well in English because technically the prefix, say, and the root should each be able to stand alone. Greek works that way, but English works this way much less often. My Greek professor told me the best example of tmesis in today-speak is the insertion of "fuck" into the middle of words (even though the bookends usually can't stand alone; e.g. abso-fuckin-lutely. Tmesis is a favorite construction of mine.
tmesis! Dag, rappers have been secretly studying Greek language. Who knew!
So don't change the dizzle, turn it up a little
I got a living room full of fine dime brizzles
Waiting on the Pizzle, the Dizzle and the Shizzle
G's to the bizzack, now ladies here we gizzo
-The Greek Master: Snoop D-O-double G
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