whizzy

adj

whizzy

adj

Etymology From whizz + -y.

1

Informal Nifty; impressive, often in a superficial or showy way.

  • Many workers in research and in design start their efforts by falling in love with a whizzy strategy — or worse yet a mere tactic...2003, Brenda Laurel, Design Research: Methods and Perspectives:
  • Remember that the ultimate judge of any commercial offering, from a corner shop to the whizziest internet application, is the marketplace...2005, Mike Southon, Christopher West, The Beermat Entrepreneur:
1 more example
  • ...creating a sort of African Saudi Arabia where the world's poorest and most dispossessed are catapulted into a whizzy tomorrowland...2007, John Hossein Ghazvinian, Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil:

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