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🐝 gen z's slangs

Rizz ✨

Charm that never needed a script.
What it means
Short for “charisma,” rizz is your natural ability to charm, flirt, or smoothly attract someone. Having “rizz” means you know how to talk to people, especially romantically, in a way that actually works, confident, smooth, effortless. “Rizzing someone up” means actively flirting or working your charm on them, and “unspoken rizz” refers to charm shown through actions or vibe instead of words. Coined by YouTuber Kai Cenat around 2021-2022, who used it casually during livestreams. It exploded through TikTok and gaming culture, becoming so mainstream that Oxford University Press named it 2023’s Word of the Year. It’s now used universally across Gen Z, from serious compliments to full-on ironic mockery.
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Handle with maximum rizz, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea

How the charm lands

👨‍👩‍👧 The sibling teasing

Sibling:
Dad just complimented Mom’s cooking and she blushed.

Me:
Dad’s still got rizz after 20 years, respect.

😬 The self-aware fail

Me:
I tried to be smooth and called her “bro” by accident.

Friend:
Rizz cancelled. Immediately.

📝 The group chat rating

Friend:
Rate my opening line: “Are you a parking ticket? Because you’ve got fine written all over you.”

Me:
Damn, rizz! Please don’t send that.

🎯 The pickup line that actually worked

Friend:
Wait, you seriously used “are you from Tennessee, cause you’re the only ten I see” and it worked??

Me:
I know, I know.

Friend:
No way. That’s insane. Why didn’t it work when I used it!?

Me:
I guess I’ve got the rizz.

👥 The friend group hype

Friend:
Beck just walked up to Daisy cold and got the Snapchat in under a minute.

Me: No way
Friend: I’m telling you, he’s got some rizz.
🐱 The cat that hates everyone

Friend:
That cat bites literally everyone who tries to pet it and it just curled up in your lap?

Me:
I don’t know what to tell you, I just have it.

Friend:
Even the cat has no chance against your rizz.

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Vibe check

It’s used both as a genuine compliment (someone’s naturally smooth and charming) and as a joke (mocking someone’s failed or awkward attempt at flirting). The word itself is neutral, tone and outcome decide if it’s a win or an L.