schizo

See also: schizo-

English

Etymology

Clipping of schizophrenic.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈskɪtsoʊ/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

schizo (plural schizos)

  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) Schizophrenic.
    • 1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter IX, in The Satanic Verses, page 558:
      "Lucky for you you aren't in one of our great public hospitals; they put the loonies next to the heroin addicts, and there's so much drug traffic in the wards that the poor schizos end up with bad habits."
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) A mad or crazy person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mad person

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

schizo (comparative more schizo, superlative most schizo)

  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) crazy, not of sound mind

French

Noun

schizo m or f (plural schizos)

  1. (colloquial) schizo

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

schizo (comparative mer schizo, superlative mest schizo)

  1. (slang) schizo (schizophrenic)
    Synonym: schizofren
  2. (slang) schizo (crazy, unpredictable, sometimes dangerous)
    Synonym: skitzad

Noun

schizo n

  1. (slang) a schizo (schizophrenic)
  2. (slang) a schizo (crazy, unpredictable, sometimes dangerous person)

Declension

Declension of schizo
nominative genitive
singular indefinite schizo schizos
definite schizot schizots
plural indefinite schizon schizons
definite schizona schizonas