A fork of Rural Dictionary
Tism rizz is Autistic traits being mis/interpreted as flirting or an overstated interest. Often results in people having crush’s on the tism rizzer while they have no idea. Examples include: intense eye contact, looking at lips to lip read, body language showing interest in conversation, being thoughtful, stimming and just masking traits in general. Popularised by the tik tok audio by Rain Stern, many examples of autistic peoples experiences with the tism rizz can be found under the hashtag #tismrizz.
A darker side of this that has to be acknowledged is the higher rate of sexual assault experience in autistic individuals. A misinterpretation is not consent, if it’s not an enthusiastic yes it’s always a no and your natural/unmasked behaviour is never, in any way asking for anything.
Why do people keep falling in love with me, must be my tism rizz. 😎
"Tism" is short for "autism" (which often occurs with ADHD) and "rizz" is the ability to be flirtatious and charming. Therefore, "tism rizz" is when you are unintentionally flirtatious and accidentally make people attracted to you because of your autistic and/or ADHD attributes like maintaining intense eye contact, involuntary repetitive motions like twirling your hair, smiling to hide how awkward you feel, staring at the person's lips to process the words you are hearing, and fidgeting which people misinterpret as excitement to be in their presence.
"I've never met anyone like you. I think I've caught feelings. It looks like you have too."
"You've never met someone like me because I'm autistic. I'm not actually looking for anything serious. Sorry if you feel lead on, my signs of interest must be my tism rizz."
Tism rizz - don’t stop asking until they cave in
Yo becceh wanna get in my bed
No
Yeah wanna get in my bed
No
Yeah get in
Ok sure
-tism rizz
When autism symptoms, such as hyperfocus, or social anxiety, come across as cute, attractive, or flirty
"He didn't even know you were flirting with him. He's seems so innocent sometimes. Right Beth?" -Josy
"Ya, sometimes. He's got that tism rizz for sure." -Beth