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ConnectWord · Ages 11-20 · In use

rizz

Charm or charisma, especially when flirting. A rizzler is someone who has a lot of it.

He talked to her for two minutes and got her number. Crazy rizz.

For parents and educators

Harmless. Kids also use it jokingly about anything charming, not only crushes.

Where it came from

Short for charisma. Popularized by streamer Kai Cenat around 2021. Oxford's word of the year for 2023.

Also heard as

rizzler, unspoken rizz, W rizz, rizz up

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