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schitzo

[skit-soh] /ˈskɪt soʊ/ Informal.
noun, plural schitzos, adjective
1.
schizo (defs 1, 2).

schizo

[skit-soh] /ˈskɪt soʊ/ Informal.
noun, plural schizos.
1.
a schizophrenic or schizoid person.
adjective
2.
schizophrenic or schizoid.
3.
crazy; wildly eccentric; lunatic.
Also, schiz.
Sometimes, schitzo, schitz.
Origin of schizo
1940-1945
1940-45; by shortening; cf. -o
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British Dictionary definitions for schitzo

schizo

/ˈskɪtsəʊ/
adjective
1.
schizophrenic
noun (pl) -os
2.
a schizophrenic person
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Word Origin and History for schitzo

schizo

n.

1945 (n.), slang shortening of schizophrenic. Schiz in same sense is from 1955 as a noun, 1960 as an adjective.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang definitions & phrases for schitzo

schizo

adjective

  1. : a schizo drug addict
  2. (also schizy or schizzy or schizie) Crazy; demented, esp in a self-contradictory way; psychotic; nutty: People in democracies are a little schizzy about authority/ this same schizy little brain (1920s+ fr hospital)

noun

(also schiz) A schizophrenic: Docs find he's a schizo (1945+, variant 1955+)

[fr schizophrenic, schizophrenia]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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