Let's talk about DEEZ NUTS

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So what is the etymology of this enduring phrase, and what has made it so durable? No one says "Whoop, there it is" anymore or even gets their grub on anymore, but perhaps that's apples and oranges.

Deez Nuts seems as popular today as ever. Deez Nuts is a suitable response to any statement or query. Deez Nuts in your motherfucking mouth!

Aaron A., Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

If I had some nuts on my chest, would those be chestnuts?

dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

deez nuts
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matthewr Apr 24 1993, 1:54 pm show options

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This is to the West Coast - or should I say the other Coast. Who
started all the "izz" shit in words ?? EX: "Take these nizzuts, stick
'em in yer jizzaws and work 'em like a strizzaw" (DRE - actually,
Snoop)
Not that I haven't recently stizzarted doing this too after the Dre
album and everythang, but are there any "rules" for tha "izz" use? Now
that I think about it, maybe Another Bad Creation (remember them) used
it in their album - "it's the Mizzark, chillin in the pizzark ...", etc
But it seems to be more of a West Coast thang so hizzook me up wit tha
histoire. I'm Swayze . . . . . . .
RJ MAXX

Ronald Johnson Apr 24 1993, 8:15 pm show options

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Date: 25 Apr 1993 02:14:56 GMT
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In article matth...@guvax.acc.georgetown.­edu writes:
>This is to the West Coast - or should I say the other Coast. Who
>started all the "izz" shit in words ?? EX: "Take these nizzuts, stick
>But it seems to be more of a West Coast thang so hizzook me up wit tha
>histoire. I'm Swayze . . . . . . .
> RJ MAXX


I dont know where/ who started this way of talking, but I know we used to do it
all the way back in the 80's...its nothing new...even the infamous Roxanne,
Roxanne by UTFO had the izz talk in it...but like I said, its nothing new...Im
from the East Coast by the way...

RJ

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K-Mello SGP '93 Apr 25 1993, 11:27 am show options

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 17:20:52 GMT
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In article , matth...@guvax.acc.georgetown.­edu writes:
>This is to the West Coast - or should I say the other Coast. Who
>started all the "izz" shit in words ?? EX: "Take these nizzuts, stick
>'em in yer jizzaws and work 'em like a strizzaw" (DRE - actually,
>Snoop)
>Not that I haven't recently stizzarted doing this too after the Dre
>album and everythang, but are there any "rules" for tha "izz" use? Now
>that I think about it, maybe Another Bad Creation (remember them) used
>it in their album - "it's the Mizzark, chillin in the pizzark ...", etc
>But it seems to be more of a West Coast thang so hizzook me up wit tha
>histoire. I'm Swayze . . . . . . .


Like I think RJ said, its nothing new. Its already played out its life on the
East coast, waaaaaaaayy back. As far as history, don't know who started, but
its so far back...


> RJ MAXX


K-Mello
SHYGUY Productions

Brutha G Apr 26 1993, 11:51 pm show options

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Date: 27 Apr 1993 06:43:23 GMT
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Yo, I can remember when we was saying izz this and izz that way back in
elementary school. Carmalt! cold kickin' it, for those in the know. But
anyway, the first time I can remember hearing it on record recently (not
counting back in the days of breakin' cuz that's when it was really popular)
was on Original Stylin' by 3D. So that izz shit ain't nothin' new, and is
a case of as some would say, the west coast being far behind the times as
usual... :{} Peace and Justice,


Brutha G


(Btw, it's *snowin* here tonite in Cambridge/Boston. go figger)


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Aaron A., Tuesday, 26 April 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

im dling that earth remix cd from deeeeznutz right now

Fetchboy (Felcher), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

it wuz a skit on Doggystyle?

The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

this is synonymous w/ "try these nuts," right?

Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

the new yorker

Eric Alterman, a columnist for The Nation, was sitting in the back of the room, next to Joe Wilson, the Ambassador. He shouted out, “Thanks for Bush!” Exactly what happened next is unclear. Alterman recalls that McGruder responded by grabbing his crotch and saying, “Try these nuts.” Jack Newfield, the longtime Village Voice writer, says that McGruder simply dared Alterman to remove him from the podium. When asked about this incident later, McGruder said, “I ain’t no punk. I ain’t gonna let someone shout and not go back at him.”

Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

and it's pronounced, "mouf."

ah, memories of usenet...

kingfish, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

aha!

Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 04:07 (seventeen years ago)

"are you going down there?"

"down where?"

"deez nutz."

--

"which do you like better, tapes or cds?"

"cds"

"see deez nutz"

--

"which do you like better, tapes or cds?"

"tapes"

"tape deez nutz to your chin"

Z S, Saturday, 5 July 2008 05:20 (seventeen years ago)

get outta town

Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 05:20 (seventeen years ago)

"which do you like better, tapes or cds?"

"records!"

"...deez nutz"

Z S, Saturday, 5 July 2008 05:21 (seventeen years ago)

lol i don't know about that one

Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 16:52 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.myspace.com/deeznutshardcore

lol Australia

DJ Mencap, Monday, 7 July 2008 15:30 (seventeen years ago)

http://i31.tinypic.com/33u5vk8.gif

StanM, Monday, 7 July 2008 15:38 (seventeen years ago)

two months pass...

In memory...
http://i31.tinypic.com/33u5vk8.gifhttp://i31.tinypic.com/33u5vk8.gifhttp://i31.tinypic.com/33u5vk8.gif

Z S, Saturday, 20 September 2008 01:35 (seventeen years ago)

did he die?

the sir weeze, Saturday, 20 September 2008 01:54 (seventeen years ago)

In all the ways that matter.

call all destroyer, Saturday, 20 September 2008 02:07 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.ci.banning.ca.us/images/pages/N1/Welcome%20Crop%204.JPG

the bridge to erewhon (velko), Saturday, 20 September 2008 06:45 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

iiiiiiiiiiiii can't be faded

BIG HOOS aka the someduder (The Reverend), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 09:42 (seventeen years ago)

Nertz!

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 10:24 (seventeen years ago)

Hey, Rev, did you ever hear that record we were talking about?

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://www.deesassortednuts.com/

StanM, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 17:33 (seventeen years ago)

http://photos-d.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v388/201/37/667555425/n667555425_1579947_3039.jpg

StanM, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 17:33 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m82816gMYw1rtmp17o1_500.png

nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Friday, 3 August 2012 13:38 (thirteen years ago)

hahahahahahhaahahahaha

ms. cookie (carl agatha), Friday, 3 August 2012 13:58 (thirteen years ago)

Hey, Rev, did you ever hear that record we were talking about?

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:44 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

MUBU gai pan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 3 August 2012 14:39 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.metalexpressradio.com/images/covers/Dee_Snider_25th.jpg

some random MC rappin' mcdude (some dude), Friday, 3 August 2012 15:52 (thirteen years ago)

thank you for answering the question "what is the most terrifying thread for Dee Snider to appear on" for us all

keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 15:56 (thirteen years ago)

but what about my childhood pet?

nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:02 (thirteen years ago)

by which i refer to
deez nuts
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m82816gMYw1rtmp17o1_500.png

nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:05 (thirteen years ago)

LL: "I made you some CDs."
CA: "What CDs?"
LL: "SEE DEEZ NUTS on my dog located at the bottom of the photograph!"

ms. cookie (carl agatha), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:07 (thirteen years ago)

"I can't make my nuts into a heart... oh wait, maybe I can"

keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:09 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://deadspin.com/and-now-a-livley-interaction-between-darren-rovell-and-1609128107/all

brimming with misplaced confidence (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 12:10 (eleven years ago)

ten months pass...

http://i.imgur.com/mQoPzJz.png

pplains, Saturday, 23 May 2015 18:52 (ten years ago)

haha got eem

pplains, Saturday, 23 May 2015 18:53 (ten years ago)

Hey Ronnie, can you pull up the policy for BOFA?

not a garbageman, i am garbage, man (m bison), Saturday, 23 May 2015 20:37 (ten years ago)

lol

zionsmommy (mattresslessness), Saturday, 23 May 2015 22:58 (ten years ago)

https://twitter.com/firescotch/status/553558826902122496

JoeStork, Sunday, 24 May 2015 01:25 (ten years ago)

http://i31.tinypic.com/33u5vk8.gif

Karl Malone, Sunday, 24 May 2015 01:38 (ten years ago)

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/6th-grader-apologizes-for-yelling-deez-nuts.html

entry-level umami (mild bleu cheese vibes) (s.clover), Saturday, 30 May 2015 05:58 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

http://jezebel.com/breaking-deez-nuts-announces-candidacy-for-president-1720645540

I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 19:28 (ten years ago)

three weeks pass...

deez nuts polling well! http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/iowa-teen-sets-up-phony-candidate-deez-nuts-who-is-polling-surprisingly-well/

La Lechera, Thursday, 20 August 2015 13:43 (ten years ago)

I'm heartened by the sudden groundswell of support for Deez Nutz.

Do you have or use horses? (Old Lunch), Thursday, 20 August 2015 13:52 (ten years ago)

I'm just concerned that Deez Nuts is going to turn out to be overblown.

I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Thursday, 20 August 2015 13:56 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzJ6932d_N4

rip van wanko, Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:31 (ten years ago)

did he ever come back?

sarahell, Thursday, 20 August 2015 19:50 (ten years ago)

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

carl agatha, Thursday, 20 August 2015 20:03 (ten years ago)

Hero.

carl agatha, Thursday, 20 August 2015 20:04 (ten years ago)

few things are brightening my life more right now than deez nuts

j., Thursday, 20 August 2015 20:15 (ten years ago)

"Mr. Trump, how do you assess the impact of Deez on the upcoming primaries?"

... (Eazy), Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32 (ten years ago)

how is Trump gonna juggle Deez Nuts and all the other candidates at the same time

Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:35 (ten years ago)

many such cases

j., Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:36 (ten years ago)

the etymology of deez nuts was never ascertained. was it really coined by cordozar broadus?

F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 20 August 2015 23:13 (ten years ago)

Some readjustments aside, no one can accuse Deez Nuts of flip-flopping.

jmm, Thursday, 20 August 2015 23:15 (ten years ago)

p sure i never heard "deez nuts" til i joined this board, and a week ago i thought it was just someone's display name.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 August 2015 00:05 (ten years ago)

Just mentioned this to a friend today, who apparently was suspended in high school for graffiti tagging DEEZ NUTS on a wall in the late 90s.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 21 August 2015 00:09 (ten years ago)

I think Snoop popularized it?

rip van wanko, Friday, 21 August 2015 01:08 (ten years ago)

morbz is lying, he's definitely familiar with deez nutz.

anti-hackers (mattresslessness), Friday, 21 August 2015 01:15 (ten years ago)

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8nBrsRBHF3Q/hqdefault.jpg

where the sterls have no name (s.clover), Friday, 21 August 2015 02:10 (ten years ago)

http://i62.tinypic.com/2zybg9t.png

big fat rascal (will), Friday, 21 August 2015 21:08 (ten years ago)

we handed out granola as a wedding favor last year

http://oi58.tinypic.com/10r67et.jpg

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 21 August 2015 21:33 (ten years ago)

xp heh i got that too

j., Friday, 21 August 2015 23:36 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/ujmfBhF.png?1

DEEZ NUTS have seen a lot of loves
But they're never gonna see another one like I had with you

scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Thursday, 27 August 2015 22:13 (ten years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVTmxC_pVqg

glumdalclitch, Monday, 14 September 2015 12:24 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiNZGt1v1Go#t=14m02s

Spottie, Monday, 14 September 2015 21:28 (ten years ago)

14 mins in, good to hear the og do it.

Spottie, Monday, 14 September 2015 21:29 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

Facebook:

http://i.imgur.com/DOnRHX0.png

Me:

http://i.imgur.com/jHHTxNS.gif

pplains, Friday, 23 October 2015 00:48 (ten years ago)

that guy on the people's court is an american hero

wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 23 October 2015 04:00 (ten years ago)

loool pplains

big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Friday, 23 October 2015 04:14 (ten years ago)

six months pass...

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/status/732637581087645696/photo/1

On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 16:14 (nine years ago)

Sounds like a job for BOFA

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 17:13 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

The greatest moment in horse racing history happened tonight: https://t.co/jdl34oqjhI pic.twitter.com/sf20nAlY5C

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 2, 2018

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 2 June 2018 05:58 (seven years ago)

one month passes...

Jonathan Chait got BOFA’d in the year of our lord 2018 pic.twitter.com/H4YGcKYjev

— Jon (@BigJon865) July 13, 2018

... (Eazy), Friday, 13 July 2018 11:42 (seven years ago)

fuckin pwned

look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷‍♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 13 July 2018 11:43 (seven years ago)

The Richard Dawkins one has 404'd unfortunately but here's a reminder of it:

https://i.imgur.com/B8YnS0a.jpg

the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Friday, 13 July 2018 12:32 (seven years ago)

the thought of dawkins earnestly googling 'bofa' will never not be funny

look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷‍♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 13 July 2018 12:59 (seven years ago)

most thoughts about Dawks's interactions with the outside world are perma-funny

more like Toss, Ow amirite? (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 July 2018 13:02 (seven years ago)

tru

look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷‍♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 13 July 2018 13:05 (seven years ago)

my son used to enjoy piling on during the Honeygate fun and got blocked for his trouble

more like Toss, Ow amirite? (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 July 2018 13:07 (seven years ago)

a badge of honour tbh, thank u junior vague for ur service

look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷‍♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 13 July 2018 13:16 (seven years ago)

the Chait BOFA is beautifully executed, everyone study up

Simon H., Friday, 13 July 2018 13:38 (seven years ago)

the BOFAR-15 pic.twitter.com/lc0xl9hcvl

— 666 Shit Post Deluxe (@Comfy_Times) July 14, 2018

calzino, Saturday, 14 July 2018 07:10 (seven years ago)

Looks more like an ALUVDEES-12.

pplains, Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:19 (seven years ago)

I'm a bit hungover today and in a daft mood. But this morning I literally nearly shat myself with laughter at the Dawkins getting BOFA'ed thing. It's obviously not THAT funny, but it felt like it this morning for some reason.

calzino, Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:28 (seven years ago)

saw a huge pair of truck nutz in the wild yesterday (in bumper to bumper traffic on the dan ryan, dangling gently to and fro)

Karl Malone, Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:32 (seven years ago)

The chait bofa should replace the stars & stripes as the us flag

U. K. Le Garage (wins), Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:35 (seven years ago)

An announcement regarding Octopath Traveler:

There are flying squirrel enemies with an attack called "These Nuts" pic.twitter.com/OLnIPuqVdZ

— Mike Mahardy (@mmahardy) July 12, 2018

Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 16 July 2018 18:47 (seven years ago)

three months pass...

v impressed by this one

pic.twitter.com/gLm6xzwRC3

— diana thirst (@cocksailor) October 15, 2018

JoeStork, Thursday, 18 October 2018 22:54 (seven years ago)

incredible

she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 19 October 2018 00:26 (seven years ago)

Will u look at that

F# A# (∞), Friday, 19 October 2018 00:34 (seven years ago)

gonna need this one spelt fo-in-et-ic-al-lee obv

Dmac TT (darraghmac), Friday, 19 October 2018 00:56 (seven years ago)

the ch is hard (k) not soft

she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 19 October 2018 01:31 (seven years ago)

lol it misses her end response in the preview so i was scratching my head for 10 mins there

nxd, Friday, 19 October 2018 09:38 (seven years ago)

scratching your head you say

Neil S, Friday, 19 October 2018 09:53 (seven years ago)

oh.

that would be it

Dmac TT (darraghmac), Friday, 19 October 2018 15:48 (seven years ago)

uh, I got Sebastian Gorka's phone number pic.twitter.com/J14yYDXSeG

— brian abrams (@BrianAbrams) October 30, 2018

... (Eazy), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 22:26 (seven years ago)

one month passes...

Picked these up in Kansas City last weekend:

https://theznuts.com

... (Eazy), Thursday, 20 December 2018 14:51 (seven years ago)

eleven months pass...

absolute classic of the genre

I'll just leave this here. #TwitterMomentsOfTheDecade pic.twitter.com/VAqGloJWgu

— Plain Ol' Johnny Graz (@jvgraz) December 3, 2019

éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 13:42 (six years ago)

five years pass...

"stick to menswear" pic.twitter.com/TXsS64kiM5

— derek guy (@dieworkwear) August 4, 2025

the way out of (Eazy), Tuesday, 5 August 2025 02:52 (eight months ago)


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