rizz

Etymology

Coined by YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat around mid-2021 and popularized on TikTok. Thought to be a phonetic shortening of charisma.

noun

  1. (slang) One's ability to seduce a potential (usually female) love interest.

verb

  1. (slang, uncommon) Synonym of rizz up (“to seduce a (usually female) love interest; to attract someone using rizz”)
    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. 8 June 2023, Kalhan Rosenblatt, “Who is Baby Gronk? Did Livvy 'rizz' him up? What does any of this really mean?”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2023-06-22

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