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minus-squaredirthawker0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHonestly I don’t know why this term exists when we already have “rizz” (etymology charisma) which could be stretched to mean “characteristics” and not make non-birders snicker or go wide-eyed.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYou’ve seen what bird people legitimately name birds, right? There’s no way it isn’t intentional. See also: Dickcissel Antarctic Shag Blue-footed Booby Go-Away-Bird Southern Penduline-Tit Bushtit All tits in general Et cetera. Anyway, “rizz” is supposed to be a derivative of “charisma” (char-rizz-ma).
Honestly I don’t know why this term exists when we already have “rizz” (etymology charisma) which could be stretched to mean “characteristics” and not make non-birders snicker or go wide-eyed.
You’ve seen what bird people legitimately name birds, right? There’s no way it isn’t intentional.
See also:
Et cetera.
Anyway, “rizz” is supposed to be a derivative of “charisma” (char-rizz-ma).