Schiz

//skɪts// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An insane person. slang

    "At "The White Visitation" there's a long-time schiz, you know, who believes that he is World War II."

Verb
  1. 1
    To act in an erratic and unpredictable manner; to go insane; to exhibit symptoms of schizophrenia. intransitive, slang

    "Whoa, don't schiz out on me."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Crazy, insane. slang

    "to go schiz"

  2. 2
    Involving or pertaining to schizophrenia (in the medical sense); schizophrenic. slang

    "a schiz patient"

  3. 3
    Of a situation: odd, bizarre. broadly, slang, uncommon

    "This all sounds a little schiz to me."

Synonyms

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Example

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"At "The White Visitation" there's a long-time schiz, you know, who believes that he is World War II."

Etymology

Clipping of schizophrenic. Compare schizo, schizoid.

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