Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year Is … 'Rizz'

[stewie_e]

“Rizz” has been named Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year, beating out contenders like situationship, prompt, de-influencing and Swiftie. https://t.co/EPmoZzAKQi pic.twitter.com/PoFB1wlT8x
- The New York Times (@nytimes) December 3, 2023
“Rizz,” a shortened form of “charisma,” emerged out of internet and gaming culture, according to Oxford. It was

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[xdeedots]

[nutmegdealer]

basically.

[scriptedending]

I guess that, like Tom Holland, I have no rizz whatsoever. I'm okay with that.

[niyarav]

They didn't tell me how quickly it would happen. One day I still understood what the kids were talking about and the next I didn't know and didn't care to find out.

[xdeedots]

Same! I remember asking my friends, “what the heck does gyatt mean” just the other day 😭

[niyarav]

That's definitely not me (festively) googling this word because I've never even heard it before

[mimoiikit143]

I thought it meant "get your act together" lol

[msbombtastic]

omg, I know. It happens so fast lmao

[myhipusername]

seriously! one minute i was into boy bands and the next im doing "who" to any famous person under 25

[niyarav]

Reminds me of this tweet

I’m 50. All celebrity news looks like this:

‘CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT’
- Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) January 6, 2022

[myhipusername]

it only gets worse 😭

and the funny part too is that i have no intentions are ever learning lol

[niyarav]

I think that's the part that (pleasantly) surprised me. I thought I'd be all 'oh no, help, I'm so out of touch' but instead it's like, oh well, let the children have their fun without me

[sugarless_girl]

The other day I mentioned to my assistant that one day she’ll be an old woman yelling at clouds, and she had no idea what I was talking about 💀