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Fizzle vs Nizzle - What's the difference?

fizzle | nizzle |

As nouns the difference between fizzle and nizzle

is that fizzle is a spluttering or hissing sound while nizzle is nigga, another slang term used as a euphemism or familiar adaptation to the derogative term nigger, utilized during the time period immediately before and during the Civil War in reference to slaves brought over from Africa.

As a verb fizzle

is to sputter or hiss.

fizzle

English

Verb

(fizzl)
  • To sputter or hiss.
    • ''The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • It is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling .
  • (figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
    • The entire project fizzled after the founder retired.

    Derived terms

    * fizzler

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spluttering or hissing sound.
  • Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.

    • Related terms

    * fizz * fizzy English onomatopoeias

    nizzle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, US, African American Vernacular English) Nigga, another slang term used as a euphemism or familiar adaptation to the derogative term nigger, utilized during the time period immediately before and during the Civil War in reference to slaves brought over from Africa.

    • Usage notes

    The word "nigger" is still used in some circles, particularly in hip hop culture and urban areas, and is considered to be very offensive. The words "nizzle" and "nigga" are sometimes seen to be less harmful, but this varies from person to person.

    Derived terms

    * fo shizzle my nizzle English words suffixed with -izzle