It Don’t Mean a Thizz If You Ain’t Got That Rizz

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Here’s a word you’re likely to hear more often, especially if you have effortless attractiveness or style.

That word is Rizz, R-I-Z-Z.

Oh yeah, Rizz, short for charisma, has been bouncing around for a couple of years now, but it looks like it’s coming on strong.

Yeah, isn’t it great that it goes all the way back to an ancient Greek word that means grace or beauty or kindness?

Charisma comes from ancient Greek, and now it’s being formed by lopping off both the beginning and the end of a word.

Yeah, morphologically, English doesn’t typically form words like that, and the meaning has changed a little bit, right?

Riz doesn’t equal charisma.

It’s more about your swagger or your game or your ability to get with somebody romantically.

So keep an ear out for Riz.

We’d love to know what they’re talking about on your campus at your school.

What’s the slang?

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