According to People magazine in a story here, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has released its 2023 winner of “Word of the Year.” And the winner is… “rizz.”
Dictionary publisher Oxford University Press defines the viral term “rizz” – short for charisma – as “someone’s ability to attract another person through style, charm, or attractiveness.”
“Rizz” beat out “Swiftie” for Word of the Year by a narrow margin. I don’t have to explain to any of you what the latter word means since practically everyone on the planet already knows it.
Going forward, I’d say I’m a whole lot more apt to use “Swiftie” in a sentence than I am to use “rizz.” But maybe that’s just me? How about it, folks? You have any alternatives to either of these words to suggest to the OED for Word of the Year? Other contenders in the running this year (besides “Swiftie”) were:
Beige Flag
Prompt
Situationship
De-influencing
Heat Dome
Parasocial
I leave it to you to go click the link above if you’re curious about the definitions of any of these others. For the record, I looked it up, and NONE of these have ever been used in any post on dewconsulting.net. Ah well. I have been called many things, but nobody’s ever accused me of being cutting edge.
Oops. I take it back. “Rizz” was the answer to the last question of the dating terminology quiz in a post from last year. See the full quiz at: https://dewconsulting.net/2023/02/16/two-out-of-six/
See, Dan, you’re more cutting-edge than even you recognize!