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whiz

[hwiz, wiz] / ʰwɪz, wɪz /




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An old headline in his hometown paper, The Advertiser, reads: ‘‘TINY TERENCE, 7, IS HIGH-SCHOOL WHIZ.’’

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2015

But the little black girl who didn't know any better, the little black girl raised her two arms above her head and exclaimed in a high, joyous child voice—"GEE WHIZ!"

From Vignettes of San Francisco by Bailey, Almira




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