Shizzle

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Shizzle is a rap slang word for "sure", coined by The Gap Band and popularized by rap star (and gap band sampler) Snoop Dogg. It has been adopted by several rappers and reggae deejays and is commonly used as: "fo' shizzle" as in, "for sure", often paired with "my nizzle" as in, "my nigga".

The song Double Dutch Bus, written by Frankie Smith originally spawned the use of '-izzle' as a suffix for words. While used in its purest form and true meaning as listed above, izzle as a suffix was rarely used, with exceptions occurring in a song now and then. But as the pop and rap scene were particularly successful at said point, with the origin of "wassup" near that time, the phrase became quite popular. Those who heard the phrase, not understanding its meaning, often misenterpreted it, and further spread it without fully understanding it. This word modifier has a cultural origin in black culture, but has since been adopted into the general popular lexicon, gaining widespread recognition in the UK when the hit band Gimp and the Cools released Shizzle (My Nizzle) as a mainstream R&B single.