'Rizz' charms Oxford wordsmiths to win word of 2023
Updated On: 12 July, 2024 07:08 PM IST | Mumbai | AFP
`Rizz` a colloquial term defined as "style, charm, or attractiveness" -- has been crowned word of the year for 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP) announced on Monday
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"Rizz" -- a colloquial term defined as "style, charm, or attractiveness" -- has been crowned word of the year for 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP) announced on Monday.
Its lexicographers chose "rizz", which also conveys "the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner", from a shortlist of four words and phrases, after help from the public.
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