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whiz (n.)
"clever person," 1914, probably a special use of
whiz
"something remarkable" (1908), an extended sense of
whizz
; or perhaps a shortened and altered form of
wizard
. Noun phrase
whiz kid
is from 1930s, a take-off on a radio show's
quiz kid.
