Rizz is about how someone connects with another person. A confident introduction or a well-timed joke might get described as having rizz. It is usually about personal appeal, rather than being good at every skill or activity.
In a sentence
“They made everybody laugh before they even sat down. That is rizz.”
In other words: Their charm made an immediate impression.
Original example written for the JANK guide.How to use rizz
Oxford University Press selected rizz as its 2023 Word of the Year and describes the word as a shortened form of charisma. In conversation, having rizz describes charm; saying someone has no rizz teases them for lacking it.
About this definition
Reference: Oxford University Press: rizz. Meaning checked October 16, 2026.
Usage varies by community and context. Examples illustrate the meaning and are not quotations from the reference.