ENTRY NO. 0001 EXAMINED 2026-08-03

RIZZ

noun charm or charisma
Ability to attract or impress others.
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Variations

  • Natural charm or appeal.
  • The ability to attract romantic interest.
  • Charisma that makes someone likable.
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Origin

Emerged in the early 2020s, popularized on streaming and social platforms. Widely credited to internet personality Kai Cenat's community; by 2023 it was Oxford's word of the year, which is how you know it stopped being cool.

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Examples

"He's got that rizz — everyone wants to be around him."
"She used pure rizz to talk her way into the sold-out show."
"Unspoken rizz: he didn't say a word and it still worked."
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Cultural context

Used across generations now, but strongest in dating contexts to describe magnetic personality. Deploy carefully: complimenting someone's rizz is fine; describing your own is evidence you have none.