I love “rizz” because gen z came up with the most 1920’s hardboiled detective sounding slang possible for some reason - ThreadSky

lolennui.bsky.social • 531 days ago

I love “rizz” because gen z came up with the most 1920’s hardboiled detective sounding slang possible for some reason

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abpow.bsky.social•531 days ago

somebody ring?

katie.bzky.team•531 days ago

IT'S SO GOOD RIGHT. cracks me up endlessly

natureintheory.bsky.social•530 days ago

This really makes me wonder why that word needed slang. That means it's being used often enough to develop some, right? So is there a high interest in... rizz? Is this some form of post-lockdown fallout? 🤔

cainmarkoxxx.bsky.social•531 days ago

The original Rizz

halibut.bsky.social•531 days ago

I still don’t know what it means. 😭

jennatalia.bsky.social•531 days ago

It's slang for charisma, admittedly it's far worse than some of the other slang words zoomers have invented like gyatt.

halibut.bsky.social•531 days ago

Gonna ask my kid about gyatt later, while I impress her with my use of rizz. (She will not be impressed.)

antioccident.bsky.social•531 days ago

in case you wanted to learn:
abbreviated from "charisma", it colloquially refers to a person's having great charm and ability to attract others

halibut.bsky.social•531 days ago

Thank you so much. I’m 1% less old lady now.

raygaskill.bsky.social•530 days ago

This dame had the rizz and the gams to back it up

rubydoomsday.bsky.social•531 days ago

wait until they find out there's a character called Rizz in Grease (1978)

woskethoughts.bsky.social•531 days ago

Generations are a flat circle. Soon they will invent wind up cars that also need pedal power

lcov.es•531 days ago

like e-bikes?

rockers.bsky.social•527 days ago

bigfatbartolocolon.bsky.social•531 days ago

time to bring back 23 skidoo

effectivenancy.bsky.social•531 days ago

Soon enough we’ll have 2023 skidoo

stillwellgray.ca•530 days ago

Wait til you hear the name of the music in Star Wars

eroticgent.bsky.social•531 days ago

Today was the first time I heard this word. And you're correct about the 1920s

nurseboystanley.bsky.social•531 days ago

https://dimension20.fandom.com/wiki/Riz_Gukgak

There's a semi-famous asexual detective named Riz in a live-play D&D game that predates the term, which is another fun wrinkle .

bextraordinary.bsky.social•531 days ago

This is where my mind goes every time 😆

antioccident.bsky.social•531 days ago

I like that it's a noun, verb, and adjective depending on context

zennywolf.bsky.social•531 days ago

gen z didnt make it, they took it from AAVE. Same with gyatt (but then they also warped the meaning of the word on top of that to something completely different)

lizalbin.bsky.social•531 days ago

And Taemin did a song of it!

https://youtu.be/oPcJmobZNgE?si=q7z3Idt14xM1DHMn

jnotj.bsky.social•531 days ago

Dick Tracy ass word

illimij.bsky.social•531 days ago

no cap!

anarchoshanties.bsky.social•531 days ago

oh my god you're right

atlasbun.bsky.social•531 days ago

Rizz em up boys.

scaryericmakes.bsky.social•531 days ago

Rizz really is the bees knees, doll face.

vivexistanshall.bsky.social•531 days ago

Some respect on his name, please

srednivashtar.bsky.social•209 days ago

…fuck, you’re right, it’s some Maltese Falcon shit.

mimesatwork.bsky.social•531 days ago

Did they actually not just yoink it from "Putting on the ritz"?

tinyhoncho.bsky.social•531 days ago

it's short for charisma

saintnobody.bsky.social•531 days ago

I just assumed it was the quality of being like the actor/rapper Riz Ahmed. I wasn’t entirely wrong.

https://youtu.be/V4sKUUdxEmg?si=yILCKOrcY-zairuV

tinyhoncho.bsky.social•531 days ago

hell yeah

mimesatwork.bsky.social•531 days ago

Ooo I see. Cool! It's not at all bad. Fairly close to putting the glam and luxury too. Like a letter away :D

sarahjansencom.bsky.social•531 days ago

Ahh I knew it sounded anachronistic but I couldn’t put my finger on it until you just perfectly articulated it!

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