Definitions
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- noun a person who is
exceptionally gifted orskilled in a particular area - noun Internet, informal A
wizard ; anadministrator of amulti-user dungeon . - noun slang, especially with the verb “take” the act of
urinating
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- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another laws-of-magic example might be Rick Cook's stories about a computer "wiz" who discovers that those skills directly translate into magical abilities in another world.
Magic 2005
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Goods and stock up on gear with Wiz on it (which is totally different than stocking up on gear from Dollar General, which has a different kind of wiz on it) confident in the notion that one of your favorite UK players will be in DC next season.
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Apple director Shoemaker developed 'fart,' 'wiz' apps for iPhone
AppleInsider 2010
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Why spend so much time and money adding every kind of wiz-bang feature you can imaging but not bother doing something that has got to be needed by every developer on most every project?
ASP.NET Forums WayneFulcher 2010
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I think the cops demonstrated remarkable patience here, until finally this "wiz" put his hands on them one too many times (and they were still rather patient).
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Maybe if you came here and said, yeah retired life is not all it cracked up to be until I realized that my teaching abilities really went far by giving free course to seniors on how to manager their money, since i am such a wiz at corraling my expenditures to live on my $250,000.
Think Progress » Steele: ‘Trust Me, After Taxes, A Million Dollars Is Not A Lot Of Money’ 2010
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You might be an intellectual wiz at redstate but we know how to spell and read here.
Think Progress » Gingrich: Hoekstra’s Campaign Got A ‘Boost’ From Failed Airline Bomber 2010
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Finally wiz said something that makes sense @ comment 37..
Think Progress » ADL asserts Gen. Petraeus ‘erred’ in his recent congressional testimony. 2010
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Oh Gee wiz i guess I will simply have to forget that interview. i will just do my own at home i have a brick I can put into a chair and it will be just as informative as Palin!
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March 24th, 2010 at 6: 52 pm katy says: thanks wiz … i understood the strategy, just not the pick … ick.
Think Progress » Sen. Gregg Touts The CBO On Fox News, But Then Bashes It On CNN 2010
yarb commented on the word wiz
Citation on crystal-reader.
July 8, 2012