nizzle

fo shizzle, my nizzle

slang For sure; definitely; absolutely. The phrase is a stylized variant of "for sure, my nigga." Though it originates in African-American vernacular, the phrase is often used by people of other ethnicities as a kind of parody of hip hop language or culture that can be considered offensive. A: "Yo, you going to the party tonight?" B: "Fo shizzle, my nizzle!" A: "Who was the first rapper to popularize "fo shizzle"?" B: "Well, there's Jay-Z—'Fo shizzle, my nizzle, used to dribble down in VA.'"

See also: FO, nizzle

nizzle

slang A variant of "nigga," itself a variant of the word "nigger," an extremely offensive racial epithet used against people of African descent. Used almost exclusively in the slang rhyming phrase "fo shizzle, my nizzle," meaning "for sure, my nigga." Though the phrase originates in African-American vernacular, it is often used by people of other ethnicities as a kind of parody of hip-hop language or culture that can be considered offensive. A: "Hey man, you got what I asked for?" B: "Fo shizzle, my nizzle."

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Fo shizzle, ma nizzle!

phr. For sure, my nigga! (Streets.) Am I here? Fo shizzle, ma nizzle.

See also: FO, ma

nizzle

n. fellow black; nigga. (see also Fo shizzle, ma nizzle! Restricted to black to black use. White to black use is provocative. Streets. Also for other words with initial N.) Tsup, nizzle?

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