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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
Stop trying to rizz every person you meet.
She can rizz someone without sounding fake.
That smile gave him more rizz than any pickup line.
Her quiet confidence gave her serious rizz.
The whole table noticed his rizz on the first date.
Similar words
flirt
magnetism
appeal
charm
seduce
allure
charisma
woo
charm
smooth-talk
Meanings
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.
Similar words
charisma
charm
magnetism
appeal
allure
sex appeal
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.
Similar words
flirt
charm
woo
seduce
smooth-talk
hit on
Etymology
Believed to be shortened from the middle of charisma, a link highlighted when Oxford named rizz its 2023 Word of the Year.
FAQ
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.
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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