The word 'riktang' comes from the word 'rik', a German word meaning someone with hardy power or an extensive amount of power, and tang, meaning edgy or the edge of something. The word itself means someone who thinks they are authoritative and powerful, but are not.
by MagImag March 10, 2024

someone who excels at garden work, performing crystallization, looking after grasshoppers, working with steel, capable of creating rocket parts, liquefying solids, and especially at cutting the grass.
person 1: dude, did you hear about person 3? they're great at (one of the options above)
person 2: sounds like a riktang.
person 2: sounds like a riktang.
by henry fan 123 March 31, 2025
