Rizz is short for “charisma,” and it simply means an ability to charm and woo a person. It’s pronounced, well, rizz, just like it’s spelled. The term found its way into teen slang through TikTok and ...

“I’d love to have a modicum of the rizz that Gandalf the Grey has.” “Rizz” is a relatively young word — it’s been circulating online since 2021 — but one that’s cemented its place in the cultural ...

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It’s hard out here for people in the dating scene. You’ve spent what feels like hours strategizing what video prompt to use on your Hinge profile. Maybe you’re still working on your go-to Bumble ...

“I have negative rizz,” one of my guy friends declared over pancakes one Saturday morning. It was a bleary-eyed brunch—the kind where you’re still half-drunk from the night before—when he threw out ...

The contrast between the prestigious Oxford University Press (OUP) and its selection of Gen Z slang word “rizz” as its word of the year is nothing short of comedic. The term—an abbreviation of ...

Many of us got our groove back in 2023. After two long years of pandemic-induced isolation and disruption, we left the house. We went on dates. And — according to Oxford’s Word of the Year — we got ...

Do you have rizz? Do you even know what it means? The word is all over the internet right now. Popularized by Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, it first popped up on Twitch and YouTube over a year ago, ...

"Rizz," a playful twist on "charisma," emerged from the vibrant online spaces of black African-American Gen Z. Streamer Kai Cenat is credited with propelling it into the spotlight, using it on Twitch ...

“I have negative rizz,” one of my guy friends declared over pancakes one Saturday morning. It was a bleary-eyed brunch—the kind where you’re still half-drunk from the night before—when he threw out ...