different between shiner vs shizer

English

Etymology

From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine +? -er. Compare Old English s??nere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sh?n'?(r), IPA^(key): /??a?n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?n?(r)

Noun

shiner (plural shiners)

1. One who shines; a luminary.
2. One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
3. (colloquial) A black eye.
4. coon eyes
5. (slang, dated) A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
   • 1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, p. 30:

     She may be generally found in the fore part of the day at her lodgings above mentioned, where a brace of shiners will ensure you the possession of charms above their value, cent per cent.

6. Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin.
7. Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.
8. The common silverfish, Lepisma.
9. (slang) A moonshiner.
10. A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.

    Synonym: convex

    • 2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #258: Casino Carnage

      Fargo wasn't sure what difference it made if one gambler passed something to another, unless it was to be used in cheating, a shiner maybe. But nobody at that table would let a shiner pass.

11. (wine) A bottle of finished wine, without a label.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Hiners, Hirens, renshi, rhines, shrine

English

Etymology

Alteration of German Scheiße (“shit”).

Noun

shizer (uncountable)

1. (informal) Scatological-type pornography, especially if it is produced in Germany.
   • 2001: Stanley J. Crebshaw, Horklezorp DOTCOM Is..., Horklezorp DOTCOM (blog)

     But they don’t have shizer porn in heaven, and some things are just way too good to not have in your VCR.

   • 2004: Aaron Bronsteter, To all you virgins out there: the unsex supplement, Brock Press

     German shizer films are like the Insane Clown Posse of porn; it's shitty, has odd novelty value and strangely, a select group of people actually enjoy it.

   • 2008: Ian Fortey, The 6 Most Innovative Brothels From Around the World, Cracked.com

     One floor is for low-cost fun, another is for transsexuals and we assume one is for shizer video production.