rizla
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Rizla+ brand of rolling papers, coined in 1886 from French riz (“rice”) and Lacroix, referring to the use of rice paper and the inventor's family name.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rizla (plural rizlas)
- A rolling paper.
- 1992, “Searching for my Rizla”, performed by Ratpack & Freestylers:
- Now I was standing in the corner / I'm searching for my rizla / I had some marijuana / I needed to get higher
- 1997, Alex Garland, The Beach:
- A slight breeze picked up, sending a few loose rizlas skimming along the sand.
- 1998, Martin C. Strong, The Great Rock Discography:
- Answers on the back of a rizla paper to the usual address.
- 2005, Matthew Fuller, Media ecologies: materialist energies in art and technoculture:
- At the front of the classroom the cadaver of a singer is laid out on a workbench cluttered with Bunsen burners, rizlas, vinyl.