cuz

cuz

1. A shortening of "cousin." Yep, Joe's my cuz—how do you two know each other?
2. A shortening of "because." I was late cuz I overslept.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cuz

(kəz)
n. cousin. (Old colloquial. The spelling is eye-dialect. Cous probably would not be recognized as cousin.) I’ve got to go to Denver to visit my cuz.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • prostie
  • prosties
  • reg
  • cig
  • clitty
  • (one) is on the DL
  • sesh
  • et seq.
  • ad out
  • ammo
References in periodicals archive
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The attorneys are also questioning why certain CBP forms that immigrants are made to sign, including some that Caal Cuz ultimately signed, are only available in English.
Similar to previous work on Pd-based oxidation catalysts [7], the reactivity of short-chain alkanes investigated in this study increases as their molecular weight increases, with the exception of propane conversion over the CuZ SCR catalyst, to be discussed below.
Flora del Sur del Peru: Catalogo Sistematico del Herbario Vargas (CUZ).
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Cuz everything on dat list can cause harm to my physical well being, and cute girls is da most deadly of 'em all cuz da rejection might leave one damaging emotional imprint on top my vulnerable teenage psyche.
One of his tweets read: "My body is yours and even as friends I f*** love how I make u feel like mom maybe we both got issues cuz nobody's perfect."
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#future star January 7: Why do Starbursts make my tongue itch so much....is it cuz I eat them, are u meant to suck then instead?!
Jus 2 top her off, eminem is goin on full blast cuz I'm a coolio like that."
Sleep tight princess till we meet again cuz godbless you darling xxxxxxxxxxxxx."
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I commend folks like "Cuz" and David Blanton, who are speaking out for more articles on this topic.
Cuz Strickland of Mossy Oak and David Blanton of Realtree recently filmed a public service announcement to stress the importance of wearing a safety harness while hunting from a treestand.
Just had to leave it there cuz if we tried to get it out with our fingers the asbestos left scratches on our eyeballs.