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[โ€“] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (23 children)

Apparently it's a thing. Like saying "it's giving (cha)rizz(matic) (vibes)" aka "it's transmiting a lot of charisma" or " it's charismatic", you gotta infer from the context what the full sentence means.

I don't think "washed" by itself is being used a lot, but economising sentences by removing parts and them being inferred via context IS something that is done a lot by young people. We used to just use initials, they are cutting words instead, lmfao.

[โ€“] chisel@piefed.social 35 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

Wait... rizz is short for charisma?? ๐Ÿคฏ

[โ€“] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

Yeah, new slang is apparently mostly shorthands of actual words. Aura also is like charisma too, charisma so strong that you can see it around the person, so, aura.

They make sense.

[โ€“] chisel@piefed.social 22 points 2 weeks ago

Slang has always been shorthand for longer words or phrases, but I didn't realize rizz fit that category.

Even things like "speak of the devil" were once longer phrases. It's a natural pattern in language that common sayings are shortened over time. Really fascinating just how common it is.

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