whiz-kid

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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whizz kid, whiz kid or wiz kid

—n
	informal a person who is outstandingly successful for his or her age

[C20: from whizz, perhaps influenced by wizard]

whiz kid, whiz kid or wiz kid

—n

[C20: from whizz, perhaps influenced by wizard]

wiz kid, whiz kid or wiz kid

—n

[C20: from whizz, perhaps influenced by wizard]

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whiz kid definition

n.
a young whiz. : The boss's new whiz kid doesn't seem to be doing the job very well.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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"I was alone with all that could happen. I began to wonder if the Pedersens had a dog, if the Pedersen kid had a dog or cat maybe and where it was if they did and if I'd known its name and whether it'd come if I called. I tried to think of its name as if it was something I'd forgot. I knew I was all muddled up and scared and crazy and I tried to think god damn over and over or what the hell or jesus christ, instead, but it didn't work. All that could happen was alone with me and I was alone with it."

-William Gass

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