rizla

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪzlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

rizla (plural rizlas)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• Rizal

Swedish

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Rizla brand of rolling papers.

Noun

rizla c

1. (colloquial) rizla, rolling paper.

   Synonym: cigarettpapper

   • 2024, 24:44 from the start, in Gränsbevakarna Sverige [Border Control Sweden], season 4, episode 14, spoken by dog handler:

     Här är ju mer rizla.

     Here is more rolling paper.