Meanings
plural rizlas
- A rolling paper.
Answers on the back of a rizla paper to the usual address.
1998, Martin C. Strong, The Great Rock Discography4 more examples
Now I was standing in the corner / I'm searching for my rizla / I had some marijuana / I needed to get higher
1992, “Searching for my Rizla”, performed by Ratpack & FreestylersA slight breeze picked up, sending a few loose rizlas skimming along the sand.
1997, Alex Garland, The BeachAt the front of the classroom the cadaver of a singer is laid out on a workbench cluttered with Bunsen burners, rizlas, vinyl.
2005, Matthew Fuller, Media ecologies: materialist energies in art and technocultureDionne herself is thinly drawn, a cool girl carrying tarot cards, a Rizla-rolling version of the manic pixie dream girl, tasked with redeeming the hero.
2026 April 28, Shahidha Bari, “Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest review – painfully earnest tale of trauma and transition”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
- Frenchriz“rice”
- Englishrizla
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.
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rizla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rizla
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