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語源 1

Clipping of wizard.

名詞

wiz (plural wizzes)

1. A person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular area.

   a maths wiz

2. (Internet, informal) A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
   • 2000, Howard Rheingold, The Virtual Community, revised edition, page 154:

     One notorious trick in less reputable corners of the MUD universe is to talk somebody into going into a dark corner of a MUD for some tinysex — dirty talking via computer screen, within character for the MUD, along with explicit posing — a dark corner where some invisible wizzes are hiding.

   • 2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max, page 11:

     The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:skilled person

動詞

wiz (third-person singular simple present wizzes, present participle wizzing, simple past and past participle wizzed)

1. (Internet, informal, intransitive) To be promoted to wizard (administrator) status in a multi-user dungeon, by completing the game quest.

   I lost interest and stopped playing soon after I wizzed.

語源 2

Onomatopoeic for the sound made by urination.

名詞

wiz (plural wizzes)

1. (vulgar, slang) Alternative spelling of whiz: an act of urination.

   I have to take a wiz.

派生語

• take a wiz

語源 3

See with.

前置詞

wiz

1. (slang, especially represents slurred or drunken speech) Pronunciation spelling of with.