schizzy, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

schizzy adj.

also schitzy, schiz, skitzy

[SE schizophrenic, having schizophrenia, ‘a mental disorder [...] characterized by a breakdown in the relation between thoughts, feelings and actions, usu. with a withdrawal from social activity and the occurrence of delusions and hallucinations’ (OED)]

1. of a person, eccentric, insane, disorientated, esp. when demonstrating two extreme forms of behaviour.

1938		Denton Jrnl (MD) 5 Nov. 4/2: ‘Maybe he’s one of those skizzy whatchecallems, you know, split personalities’.
1944		P. Kendall Dict. Service Sl. n.p.: schizzy . . . crazy. Derived from schizophrenia.
1961		Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (PA) 6 Mar. 8/2: Some skizzy musician cut out on a hot balalaika.
1968		R. Macdonald Instant Enemy 157: What’s the matter with her? Schitzy?
1975		New Yorker 20 Jan. 31: A bit of a schizzy dude, to be sure, but also a B.S. from Rennselaer Poly.
1982		G. Tate ‘Bad Brains’ in Flyboy in the Buttermilk (1992) 22: That may sound like some seriously schizzy shit to you, sis.
1983		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 5: schiz – to feel out of control, crazy.
2000		Z. Smith White Teeth 17: Taking a step back behind the doorstep in case the man was violent as well as schiz.
2001		(con. 1964–8) J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand 661: He went schizzy. He gave up sleep [...] He lost weight.
2010		J. Ellroy Hilliker Curse 16: She gave me a schizy look and shut the door.

2. of an event or place, bizarre.

2001		(con. 1964–8) J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand 177: Littell checked his notes [...] The details played schizzy. Wendell Durfee played in somehow.
2001		S. King Dreamcatcher 342: Whatever had happened to Henry’s mind was skitzy.
2019		New European 11-17 July 48/2: Mind you, Nijmegen is a schiz sort of town.
2023		(con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 100: I popped two yellow jackets to [...] quash this schizzy limbo.