"rizz" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɪz/ [General-Australian, UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rizz.wav
enPR: rĭz [General-Australian, UK, US] Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: Coined by YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat (or one of his close friends) around May 2021 and popularized on TikTok in 2022. Rizz further increased in prominence throughout 2023 and was chosen as the 2023 Word of the Year by Oxford University Press. Contrary to popular belief, Cenat has confirmed that the term is not short for charisma. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|exnihilo=1|id=seduction}}, {{coined|en|Kai Cenat|occ=YouTuber and Twitch streamer}} Coined by YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rizz (uncountable)
  1. (slang) A person's ability to seduce a potential (usually female) love interest; charm, game. Tags: slang, uncountable Synonyms: charisma Derived forms: rizzed up, rizzler, rizz up, unspoken rizz
    Sense id: en-rizz-en-noun-SR~8H~a- Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms coined ex nihilo, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 33 20 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 56 25 19 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 56 25 18 Disambiguation of English terms coined ex nihilo: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 42 30 15 3 2 8 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 37 11 2 2 6 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɪz/ [General-Australian, UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rizz.wav
enPR: rĭz [General-Australian, UK, US] Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: Clipping of Rizla+ rolling paper brand. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Rizla+}} Clipping of Rizla+ Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rizz (uncountable)
  1. (MLE, slang) An amount of rolling paper particularly of the Rizla+ brand. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Smoking
    Sense id: en-rizz-en-noun-5SsGkq-a Categories (other): Multicultural London English, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 37 11 2 2 6 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹɪz/ [General-Australian, UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rizz.wav Forms: rizzes [present, singular, third-person], rizzing [participle, present], rizzed [participle, past], rizzed [past]
enPR: rĭz [General-Australian, UK, US] Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: Coined by YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat (or one of his close friends) around May 2021 and popularized on TikTok in 2022. Rizz further increased in prominence throughout 2023 and was chosen as the 2023 Word of the Year by Oxford University Press. Contrary to popular belief, Cenat has confirmed that the term is not short for charisma. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|exnihilo=1|id=seduction}}, {{coined|en|Kai Cenat|occ=YouTuber and Twitch streamer}} Coined by YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat Head templates: {{en-verb}} rizz (third-person singular simple present rizzes, present participle rizzing, simple past and past participle rizzed)
  1. (transitive, slang) To seduce a (usually female) love interest; to attract someone using rizz. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: rizz up Related terms: drip, goated, gyatt, ritz, sigma
    Sense id: en-rizz-en-verb-x2RO9Rzy Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 37 11 2 2 6 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2024 January 8, James Greig, “Can AI finally help me to get some rizz? An investigation”, in Dazed, London: Dazed Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-08:",
          "text": "By now we all know how stilted and off-kilter ChatGPT sounds: blind confidence and a lack of shame can get you far in life, but could it really have more 'rizz' than even the most stilted and awkward human?",
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          "ref": "2024 February 22, Kase Wickman, “Let Zendaya Tell You All About Tom Holland’s Rizz”, in Radhika Jones, editor, Vanity Fair, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-04:",
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          "ref": "2024 January 8, James Greig, “Can AI finally help me to get some rizz? An investigation”, in Dazed, London: Dazed Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-08:",
          "text": "By now we all know how stilted and off-kilter ChatGPT sounds: blind confidence and a lack of shame can get you far in life, but could it really have more 'rizz' than even the most stilted and awkward human?",
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          "ref": "2024 February 22, Kase Wickman, “Let Zendaya Tell You All About Tom Holland’s Rizz”, in Radhika Jones, editor, Vanity Fair, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-04:",
          "text": "As it turns out, Zendaya's rizz-o-meter needed to scan beyond the bounds of Arrakis to hone in on who had the most rizz of all.",
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          "text": "In one of De Tolla's videos, he says that Dunne \"rizzed\" Madden while convincing him to attend LSU. In another video, he jokes that Madden \"rizzed up\" Dunne and the 10-year-old stole the gymnastics star from her boyfriend, the \"drip king.\" \"Drip\" refers to swagger and style.",
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