FSBO
n.— «There, at 29 Tiffany Place, inside apartment 6L, is a family daring to make a go of selling their apartment without the aid of a seller’s real estate broker—a move known in the parlance as a For Sale By Owner listing (or FSBO, aka “Fizzbow”).» —“Meet the Fizzbows!” by Lockhart Steele Curbed (New York City) Dec. 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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FSBO (fizbo) was a commonly used
term when I was selling real
estate in North Idaho. This was
in the early 1990’s. Fizbo/Fizzbow
is a word used by real estate agents and brokers…Would that make it
jobslang?