We’ve all heard of rose-tinted glasses — those metaphorical glasses we put on to see the world with a touch of optimism and, well, rosiness. Introducing rizz-colored glasses. These are the metaphorical glasses we wear during dates that blind us to everything but “rizz.” A quick lesson in Gen Z slang: Rizz refers to someone’s charismatic pull. “Rizz actually comes from the word charisma, where in southern Baltimore they’ve started to shorten it to ‘rizzma’ (the noun replacing charisma) and to ‘rizz’ (the action of showing charisma),” reads the Urban Dictionary definition.
Next year, dating experts at Plenty of Fish predict that many of us will struggle to see past our dates’ rizz — in other words, many of us may be drawn in by charisma, thus ignoring potential red flags. In fact, according to a Plenty of Fish survey, 52% of us find rizz attractive.
As dating expert Jessica Alderson told Glamour U.K., “People with rizz have excellent communication and persuasion skills. … These individuals know exactly what to do and say to draw others in, and this is a powerful tool in the dating world.” However, while this can be charming, it can also be dangerous. “Without a genuine understanding of each other’s true selves, the connection will remain superficial,” she said. Sometimes, you might even find it hard to see the red flags lurking behind all that rizz.
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