What does “rizz” mean?
Rizz is charm, especially the kind that helps you flirt. Someone with rizz can talk to anyone and make it land.
Where it comes from
Short for charisma. The Twitch streamer Kai Cenat popularized it around 2021, and Oxford University Press named it Word of the Year for 2023.
Rizz in a sentence
- He has unspoken rizz: he barely said a word and she gave him her number.
- You can’t rizz your way out of a parking ticket.
Can you say it at work?
Among friends, yes. In a meeting it lands as a joke, so use it like one.
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