fo shizzle
/fɔ ˈʃɪzl̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "2001, Shawn Corey “Jay-Z” Carter, “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)”, The Blueprint, Roc-A-Fella and Island Def Jam H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A Fo’ shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA"
- "2002, Calvin Cordozar “Snoop Dogg” Broadus, Jr., “Beautiful”, Paid tha Co$t to Be da Bo$$, Doggystyle Records, Priority Records, and Capitol Records Guy on phone: Yo dogg we on the way to do the video Snoop: Fo shizzle!"
- "Conversely, I was also a little jealous because it did sound a bit cool to have a church named after me, complete with my photo on the side of buses so that everyone would know that I was pastor izzle fo’ shizzle."
Etymology
Blend of for sure + -izzle (rhyming ending). Popularized by rap artist Snoop Dogg; see -izzle for details. Fo shizzle is a direct derivative of Fa Sheezy popularized by E-40. They both share the same meaning and are used interchangeably. Both words first appeared on media in 1996 on Bay Area Rapper E-40’s “Rapper’s Ball”.