I'm off the heezy fo sheezy....Translation=...

[Shaq]

I'm off the hook for sure. Yeah, it's that simple. Because some of you have expressed confusion over these and similar phrases I decided to be a good samaritan and tell you what they mean instead of laughing at your ovbvious lack of urban lingo.

It's not really a hard concept to grasp. You take a normal word like hook and say heezy. It sounds cool. Jay-Z did it in his song "izzo". He turned the letter "A" into "Izzay" and the letter "O" into "Izzo".

This was a trend started by a west coast rapper named E-40 who would refer to himself as "E-Fezzie", "E-Fizzle" among other nomikers. After a while a lot of westcoast hip hop figures borrowed his style of speech and eventually it became bicoastal...

So basically that's all it means. Just normal phrases with a twist.

P.S-Please don't flood this thread with words you made up following this pattern. None of us deserve to be subjected to that.

 

[badasschick]

The source I think can be traced to..." the double dutch bus" back in the day.

 

[Shaq]

The source I think can be traced to..." the double dutch bus" back in the day.

I credit the one who popularized it....I've heard of double dutch but this double dutch bus you speak of I cannot recall....

 

[badasschick]

circa 1981...


"Wilzzay kizzay izzern
zee zouble zee zutch,
zee zouble zee zutch.....

Bip, bomp, bam alakazam
But only when you're grooving
With the Double Dutch Man
Put on your skates don't forget your rope
Cause I know I'm gonna see you
At my Double Dutch Show

Rebecca, Lolita, Veshawn and Dawn
Everytime you do the Double Dutch you really turn it on '
Bilzarbra, Mitzery, Milzetty, Kilsan
Titzommy, Kitzerrance, Kilzommy that's my man
Come on get on my Double Dutch Bus
(The Double Dutch Bus)"


Is it necessary for me to teach you, young buck?

 

[TN_Vixen]

huh?

 

[Shaq]

circa 1981...


Is it necessary for me to teach you, young buck?

81'? Before my time...and I like being taught. I enjoy learning. One day I'm going to be the next Confucious.

Do you like Strawberry Blizzards? I want one...

 

[Cheyenne]

What's wrong with normal phrases without the twist?

Assuming you want us to understand you and post to you, that is.

 

[Shaq]

What's wrong with normal phrases without the twist?

Assuming you want us to understand you and post to you, that is.

Nothing wrong with them....but its always fun to have slang that youngsters can use to confuse their parents...plus it's cool....you never heard Sam Donaldson say he's off the heezy? If he did it would cease being so cool....yes, assume I want you to post to me....post to me!

 

[badasschick]

81'? Before my time.

Frankie Smith in a roller rink at the dawn of hip-hop.

You have much to learn grasshopper.

 

[Cheyenne]

Nothing wrong with them....but its always fun to have slang that youngsters can use to confuse their parents...plus it's cool....you never heard Sam Donaldson say he's off the heezy? If he did it would cease being so cool....yes, assume I want you to post to me....post to me!

But are you a youngster? If so, you don't belong at Lit!

*Laurel! A gate crasher... over here!*

And if you aren't a youngster, you're old enough to recognize juvenile behavior that most people grow out of at some point. I guess I don't see what is cool about adults trying to sound like kids.

 

[KillerMuffin]

I, for one, have found this information useful. Why would an adult want to learn how to speak like a child? Perhaps to understand that child.

 

[Sateema Lunasi]

Maybe at 24 I am already old but I don't get it. To me it sounds like gibberish that a four year old might speak. And you said you would tell us what Jay-Z was talking about with that "izzo" shit. But you didn't. I am as confused as ever.


Proper English is good.

Ima go gets me some coffee now.

 

[windsandstarz]

flashbacks

circa 1981...


(The Double Dutch Bus)

Now THERE's one song it's been too long since I've heard.

:: massive WKTU NY flashback ::

(or Power 99 Philadelphia for you, badasschick)

Give me a HO if you've got your funky bus fare...

 

[Marxist]

What's wrong with normal phrases without the twist?

Assuming you want us to understand you and post to you, that is.

We're here for the fun and games. Now just shut up and give me a kiss.



...tongue in the afternoooon....

 

[badasschick]

"Urban" slang is a vestige from the times when enslaved peoples were prohibited from using their native tongues to communicate with each other.

They used it to have some kind of middle ground to keep from being punished but get a message to their friends without the master's understanding.

Some have fallen into the modern vernacular, like Rock n Roll, or Jazz, meaning to meet up for sex.


How many times have you used pig latin as a kid to get over on your parents?

Same deal here.

 

[Shaq]

But are you a youngster? If so, you don't belong at Lit!

*Laurel! A gate crasher... over here!*

And if you aren't a youngster, you're old enough to recognize juvenile behavior that most people grow out of at some point. I guess I don't see what is cool about adults trying to sound like kids.

I'm 19....caught in the abyss between being a teen and an adult. And who said it was only kids who speak like that? It's a hip hop thing....Jesse Jackson was speaking to a crowd at the Source awards (I think) and said "Fo shizzle my nizzle" I kid you not.

Slang isn't juvenile, it is in fact an art in itself. It allows language to evolve and for new concepts and meanings to be understood...

"What's up?" was once considered a juvenile phrase....is it still today?

 

[Shaq]

And you said you would tell us what Jay-Z was talking about with that "izzo" shit. But you didn't. I am as confused as ever.

Jay-Z's has given himself the nickname Jay Hova. (Jehovah, meaning he thinks he's the rap god)

He made a chorus to a song spelling his nickname "H to the izzo, V to the izzay, fo shizzle my nizzle I used to dribble down in VA"

 

[Cheyenne]

I, for one, have found this information useful. Why would an adult want to learn how to speak like a child? Perhaps to understand that child.

Ah, but hopefully there aren't any children posting at Lit. (Although some days I do wonder.)

No need for pig Latin here, or any of the other childhood variations of English. People can use any form of communication they want to here, but if they want to be understood, it needs to be in the norm of the society. And as I said previously, in our case, there aren't any kids in the Lit society.

 

[badasschick]

Ah, but hopefully there aren't any children posting at Lit. (Although some days I do wonder.)

No need for pig Latin here, or any of the other childhood variations of English. People can use any form of communication they want to here, but if they want to be understood, it needs to be in the norm of the society. And as I said previously, in our case, there aren't any kids in the Lit society.

Pig latin isn't a childhood variation...children picked it up from adults that took care of them. I don't think you would call the millions of people who speak pidgin as an official language childish?

I think Shaq was just trying to communicate with people in the like. Perhaps afficionados of hip-hop music and culture?

He's young, yes. But there's no need to call him childish.

 

[badasschick]

Re: flashbacks

Now THERE's one song it's been too long since I've heard.

:: massive WKTU NY flashback ::

(or Power 99 Philadelphia for you, badasschick)

Give me a HO if you've got your funky bus fare...

HO!!!!

 

[Shaq]

I think Shaq was just trying to communicate with people in the like. Perhaps afficionados of hip-hop music and culture?

He's young, yes. But there's no need to call him childish.

Nah, I just explaining something some people said they didn't understand.

I don't think it's childish at all. They are college courses that teach the history of slang and it's importance in human communication.

E-40 and Jay-Z are both 35+ and while they might make music that appeals to the younger generation, using "proper english" does not necessarily make one more mature.


Hey, who said I was childish? My immaturity is classic in my opinion....

 

[shynsexy]

thanks for the info Shaq, now maybe I can understand my bf when he's talking with his friends, lol....

so whats "fo shizzle my nizzle"?

 

[RastaPope]

Drizzle my blizzle, nizzle dizzle hizzle, nah'mean? Fuh sho, ya heard? Holla?

 

[LukkyKnight]

Nothing wrong with them....but its always fun to have slang that youngsters can use to confuse their parents...plus it's cool....you never heard Sam Donaldson say he's off the heezy? If he did it would cease being so cool....yes, assume I want you to post to me....post to me!

You're Cheyenne's kid?

 

[shynsexy]

yer so funny RastaPope!