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[โ€“] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tldr: As a verb, it means to seduce someone, btw. As a noun, it comes from 'charisma'. Like you got rizz, you got game.

[โ€“] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

It's one of my favourite new colloquialisms, probably because I am already brainbroken from being far too online.