Rizz-Oxford Word of the Year 2023

December 6, 2023

GS Paper I Art and Culture

Context: According to the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary “rizz,” is the word of the year for 2023.

What Does Rizz Mean?

According to Oxford University Press (OUP), which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary, Rizz is a colloquial noun defined as style, charm, attractiveness, and the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner.
- Many believe the term is a shortened version of the word “charisma”.
Other Words in Competition to Rizz’s are Situationship, Prompt, De-influencing, and Swiftie.
Previous words chosen by OUP have included Vax (2021), Climate Emergency (2019), and, by public vote for the first time, Goblin Mode (2022).

How is the Word of The Year chosen and why did Rizz win it?

Typically, the Word of the Year chosen by Oxford relies on evidence of usage derived from its regularly updated corpus, which comprises over 22 billion words. These words are sourced from news outlets spanning the English-speaking world.
Oxford language experts selected Rizz from a pool of eight words, weighing their cultural and linguistic heft with more than 32,000 votes from the public on social media and the Oxford Languages website.

Source: Indian Express

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