fo shizzle

• for shizzle, fo’ shizzle, fa shizzle

Blend of for sure +‎ -izzle (rhyming ending). Popularized by rap artist Snoop Dogg; see -izzle for details. Fo shizzle is a direct derivative of Fa Sheezy popularized by E-40. They both share the same meaning and are used interchangeably. Both words first appeared on media in 1996 on Bay Area Rapper E-40’s “Rapper’s Ball”.

• (African-American Vernacular) IPA^(key): /fɔ ˈʃɪzl̩/

• Audio (General Australian):

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fo shizzle

1. (slang, hip-hop) For sure; of course; right on.
   • 2001, Shawn Corey “Jay-Z” Carter, “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)”, The Blueprint, Roc-A-Fella and Island Def Jam

     H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A

     Fo’ shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA

   • 2002, Calvin Cordozar “Snoop Dogg” Broadus, Jr., “Beautiful”, Paid tha Co$t to Be da Bo$$, Doggystyle Records, Priority Records, and Capitol Records

     Guy on phone: Yo dogg we on the way to do the video

     Snoop: Fo shizzle!

   • 2006, Mark Driscoll, Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 49:

     Conversely, I was also a little jealous because it did sound a bit cool to have a church named after me, complete with my photo on the side of buses so that everyone would know that I was pastor izzle fo’ shizzle.

• fo shizzle my nizzle
• izzle fo shizzle