rizz
noun & verb
| RIZ
romantic appeal or charm
What does rizz mean?
Rizz means "romantic appeal or charm," or in other words one’s proficiency in attracting romantic attention or interest. The word is also used as a verb (often as rizz up) with the meaning “to charm or seduce.”
Examples of rizz
You have a significant other? You must have mad rizz. I have no rizz. I am such a loser. Help me get RIZZ.
—@Harrietmathteacher, Reddit, 6 July 2024
bro, don’t let my rizz take you by surprise. dont even compliment me on that. people that i grew up with will tell you I started rizz at Primary School when I straight up told a girl that “she can count on me like an abacus.”
—Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 allows you to rizz up several supporting characters. Though most are of the same stature as Henry, there's one highborn lady who seems to fancy our dashing hero. Here's our guide on how to romance Rosa in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
—I thought I rizzed him but I’ve been bamboozled
—
Where does rizz come from?
Rizz is thought perhaps to be short for charisma although YouTuber Kai Cenat, widely credited with coining the word in 2021, says that’s not what it’s from. No other lexical inspiration has been identified though. The verb form appeared after the noun.
How is rizz used?
Rizz is used with abandon, relish, gusto. The word has consistently been one of our most popular lookups since we added it to our online dictionary in 2023. But rizz hasn’t slowed down since then, spawning new forms and uses that are not yet officially defined in our pages. Notable among these is the noun rizzler, referring to someone with special or a considerable amount of rizz:
What a rizzler I almost fell in love
—
The noun rizz is also sometimes used like an adjective before another noun, as in “rizz face,” referring to an exaggerated “attractive” expression made usually for laughs on social media whose first use is sometimes credited to a third-grader from New Jersey known as “The Rizzler.” In whatever contexts it is used and in whatever form, rizz is usually playful and casual.
