kidz

English

Etymology

From kid +‎ -z.

Noun

kidz

1. eye dialect spelling of kids; plural of kid
   • 2008, Dade Hayes, Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, or, How Television Became My Baby’s Best Friend, page 86:

     In the 21st century, whose “kidult” blurring of the lines sees grown-ups listening to “kindie rock,” feeding their kids gourmet gelato instead of Good Humor, and dissecting the last Pixar film, the notion of a tree house in our collective backyard with a misspelled sign saying “Kidz only” is a healthy thing[.]

   • [2012 March 24, “A Nation Divided: Inside the Urewera Four Trial”, in The New Zealand Herald‎^[1], Auckland, archived from the original on 18 October 2017:

     K[evin] L[ambert]: Got 2 mates; dum as fuk; do nethin 4 me; can drive truks; fly planes, got kidz 2. / T[uhoe] L[ambert]: Cher cuz. Da dumber da better.]

   • 2023 July 10, Xoic, “Is this a writer thing?”, in Writing Forums‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

     Nah dude, wen im textin or whevs, i rite just like the kidz, fastest easiest way, and i dont correct r enythng.

Usage notes

Often used in marketing towards children.