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Janna
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United States
"Rizz is basically being able to flirt. That's what having rizz is. Being able to flirt. Being charismatic in a way, you know? Knowing how to talk to the opposite sex or whatever gender you're attracted to. You can rizz up someone. It's basically a verb, but also a noun. You can have rizz, but you can also rizz up someone. An example would be, damn girl, you're talking to five different guys. You must have some insane rizz."
What it means
Means charm, flirting game, or that smooth-talking juice that helps someone pull. You can have riz, and you can riz someone up when you're laying it on nicely and it's actually landing. It's mostly used online and in real life with a half-serious, half-jokey vibe when someone's chat is weirdly unbeatable.
Usage examples
"Bro was chatting for two minutes at the party and somehow left with her number, his riz was doing outrageous overtime tonight."
"You saw him in the smoking area for thirty seconds and now he's walking back with her Insta, man's riz is outrageous."
"I can't lie, she didn't even try that hard, just smiled, said two lines, and the whole table folded to the riz."
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Where it comes from
Riz is a clipped form of rizz, which took off online in the early 2020s. Rizz itself is widely understood to come from charisma, chopped down into a snappier slang form. It spread hard through TikTok, streaming, and meme culture, then people started using riz as a variant spelling too.
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