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Nizzle vs Nuzzle - What's the difference?

nizzle | nuzzle |

As a noun nizzle

is (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.

As a verb nuzzle is

to touch someone or something with the nose.

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

    nuzzle

    English

    Verb

  • To touch someone or something with the nose.
    • The horse nuzzled its foal's head gently to wake him up.
    The bird nuzzled up to the wires of the cage.
    She nuzzled her boyfriend in the cinema.
  • (obsolete) To nurse; to foster; to bring up.
  • * Milton
    • The people had been nuzzled in idolatry.
  • (obsolete) To nestle; to house, as in a nest.

    • Related terms

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    References

    * Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, Abram Smythe Palmer, G. Bell and Sons, 1882, p. 261