glizzy

What does glizzy mean?

Glizzy is slang for a frankfurter with a typically mild flavor that is heated and usually served in a long split roll, aka a hot dog.

Examples of glizzy

Gonna be in Chicago in less than 24 hours and I cannot ... WAIT to get a glizzy bro oh my GOD !!!
—@xsadxdadx, X (formerly Twitter), 3 Nov. 2025

Perhaps most prominent, though, are the wild Costco food court hacks, like the “forbidden glizzy”: a hot dog stuffed inside a Costco chicken bake (children, shield your eyes).
—Madeline Wells and Jessica Yadegaran, SFGate, 1 Nov. 2025

Horseradish sauce has mayo in it, friend. And mayo itself is great on a glizzy.
—@halforcforge, X (formerly Twitter), 4 Nov. 2025

Where does glizzy come from?

Glizzy originated (and is still used) as slang for a Glock, a particular brand of pistol, and broadly for any pistol, handgun, etc.

I’m an N.W.A. with a 19-shot glizzy ...
—Shyheim & Hell Razah, “Co-Defendant,” RZA Presents Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm, Volume 1, 1998

Several days later, police examined a Facebook account ... and found the user referring to a Glizzy—street lingo for a Glock handgun—and an extra clip. A Glock handgun and an extra clip were inside the stolen Mustang that day ...
—Ames Alexander, The Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, 24 Sept. 2019

It is assumed that the phallic aspects of a pistol led to glizzy being used for both hot dogs and, well, penises.

How is glizzy used?

Just don’t put ketchup on one (kidding). The plural of glizzy is glizzies.

... Dollar Dog Nights appeared to be over for the season (for the uninitiated, that's when glizzies go on sale for a buck).
—Nick Vadala, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 23 May 2022