schiz
/skɪts/
schiz noun: an insane person.
Noun
schiz (plural schizes)
- An insane person.
- At "The White Visitation" there's a long-time schiz, you know, who believes that he is World War II.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 1: Beyond the Zero, page 131
- "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."1982, Philip Straker, Night Bait, New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 104
Adjective
schiz (comparative more schiz, superlative most schiz)
- Crazy, insane.
- to go schiz
- "Why didn't you say something? Don't you know some people go totally schitz their first time out?"1991, Jane S[uzanne] Fancher, Groundties, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, pages 150–151
- Involving or pertaining to schizophrenia (in the medical sense); schizophrenic.
- 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.1997, Matthew Hall, The Art of Breaking Glass, Boston, M.A. […]: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 18
- Of a situation: odd, bizarre.
- This all sounds a little schiz to me.
Verb
schiz (third-person singular simple present schizs, present participle schizing, simple past and past participle schized)
- To act in an erratic and unpredictable manner; to go insane; to exhibit symptoms of schizophrenia.
- 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.1988 February, Rory Harper, “Triage”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 74, number 2, Cornwall, C.T.: Mercury Press, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43
- Synonyms:
- trip, tweak, flip one's wig, flip out, freak out, get one's freak on, go ballistic, go bananas, go berserk, go bonkers
Examples of schiz in a sentence
- You're having a little schiz break," he said.1998, Steven Barnes, Iron Shadows, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 207:
- He gives you schiz meds, you take them and the doctor and his office disappear.2020 October 10, u/Tactical_Salt, “That's a big big win”, in Reddit, r/dankmemes, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2024:
- "Is your computer schizing out on you?" Anika asked, apparently having the same problem with hers.1989, Michael A[ustin] Stackpole, Lethal Heritage, Chicago, I.L.: FASA Corporation, →ISBN, page 115:
Synonyms of schiz
- schizo
- basket case
- basket weaver
- crack
- crackpot
- crazy
- crazyhead
- dingbat
- eccentric
- fruit and nut case
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Forms of schiz
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | schizes |
| alternative form | schitz |
| alternative form | schizz |
| alternative form | shitz |
| alternative form | skitz |
| alternative form | skiz |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more schiz |
| superlative | most schiz |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | schizs |
| present participle | schizing |
| past participle | schized |
| past | schized |
Origin of schiz
Clipping of schizophrenic. Compare schizo, schizoid.
Words that rhyme with schiz
Questions about schiz
- What does schiz mean?
- Schiz means an insane person.
- How do you use schiz in a sentence?
- You're having a little schiz break," he said.
- What part of speech is schiz?
- Schiz can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce schiz?
- Schiz is pronounced /skɪts/.
- What is the plural of schiz?
- The plural of schiz is schizes.
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