What Does This Mean?
A feature (also known as "Buzz" in some English-language versions) that shook the recipient's chat window and played a sound alert to grab their attention; sending it repeatedly was widely considered obnoxious and annoying.
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France Inter · original source ↗
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NOKYREN · original source ↗
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He sent me like ten wizz in a row and my whole screen wouldn't stop shaking."
LORE & ORIGIN
Launched April 7, 2005 with MSN Messenger version 7. It got overused so quickly that MSN itself displayed a usage-limiting warning ("Don't abuse the wizz!") to curb spam. Well documented in French nostalgia/tech-retrospective pieces from outlets like franceinfo and Aussitot.fr.
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