thizz
v.— «True to the night’s theme, the two are indeed thizzin’—meaning, in hip-hop patois, that they’re high on the drug Ecstasy.» —“Feelin’ Their Thizzle” by Arch Stanton Infoshop News Mar. 20, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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