rizz

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Style, charm, or social confidence that helps someone attract romantic or social interest, and the act of using that charm.

Examples

  • The joke was awkward, but his rizz somehow saved it.
  • He has natural rizz when he talks to people.
  • They rizzed each other all night at the party.
  • Stop trying to rizz every person you meet.
  • Her quiet confidence gave her serious rizz.

Similar words

flirt
hit on
magnetism
charm
sex appeal
charm
smooth-talk
appeal
charisma
allure

Meanings

Charisma or romantic charm

noun
social
informal
Style, charm, or social confidence that makes someone attractive, especially as a romantic or flirtatious quality.

Usage

Use rizz for casual talk about someone's charm or ability to attract romantic interest.

Examples

  • He has natural rizz when he talks to people.
  • Her quiet confidence gave her serious rizz.
  • The whole table noticed his rizz on the first date.
  • That smile gave him more rizz than any pickup line.
  • The joke was awkward, but his rizz somehow saved it.

Common mistakes

The noun is often treated as countable or used where a verb is needed.
IncorrectCorrect
He has many rizzs. He has a lot of rizz.
She rizz was obvious. Her rizz was obvious.
I rizz to the party. I went to the party.

Similar words

To charm or flirt with someone

verb
social
informal
To use charm, confidence, or flirtatious skill to attract someone's romantic or social interest.

Usage

Use rizz as a slang verb for actively charming or flirting with someone, especially in dating contexts.

Examples

  • He tried to rizz her with a clever line.
  • She can rizz someone without sounding fake.
  • They rizzed each other all night at the party.
  • Stop trying to rizz every person you meet.
  • He rizzes people by listening more than he talks.

Common mistakes

The third-person form and object are often handled incorrectly.
IncorrectCorrect
She rizz him every time they talk. She rizzes him every time they talk.
He rizzed to her at the party. He rizzed her at the party.
I rizzed my homework. I finished my homework.

Similar words

Usage

Use rizz in informal contexts for charm, flirtatious confidence, or the act of charming someone.

Common mistakes

She rizz is wrong because the noun needs a possessive, and she rizz is wrong as a verb because the third-person form is rizzes.

Etymology

Believed to be shortened from the middle of charisma, a link highlighted when Oxford named rizz its 2023 Word of the Year.

FAQ

What does rizz mean?

It means charm, charisma, or the ability to attract romantic interest.

Is rizz a noun or a verb?

It can be both. As a noun it means charm, and as a verb it means to charm or flirt with someone.

Where does rizz come from?

It is believed to be shortened from the middle of charisma.

How do you use rizz in a sentence?

A natural sentence is, He has a lot of rizz, or She tried to rizz him.

What is the third-person singular form of rizz?

The regular form is rizzes, as in She rizzes him.

Can rizz be plural?

It is usually uncountable as a noun, so rizzs and rizzes as noun plurals are not standard.

Why was rizz Oxford's Word of the Year 2023?

Oxford chose it because it captured a widely used slang term for charm and romantic appeal.

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