Someone who intentionally misrepresents what you
said, builds the worst-possible strawman, then argues against that
fake version like they just won the debate.
They know exactly what you meant.
They just want the cheap W and the moral high ground.
Origin:
“Mis” (misrepresent) + “-izzy” (from “
dizzy” — because they spin reality until everyone else is
dizzy).
Examples:
“so you’re saying we should…” (proceeds to bring up holocaust)
The guy that quotes you verbatim but adds paraphrases in brackets to change the meaning
“
Chat’s full of
filthy mizzies tonight.”
“Classic mizzy move: I said ‘some women
lie about relationships’, he heard ‘all women are liars’.”
"If you can't tell the difference between customers in a restaurant not wanting to be filmed vs street scammers not wanting to be filmed, you're just being a high tier mizzy at this point."