Oxford English Dictionary word of 2023 - Rizz…

[Ammi]

Rizz - style, charm, attractiveness, the ability to attract a sexual or romantic partner….smooth as/smooth is…

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[Candy Annie Cane]

Matthew and his friends use this - honestly since he started high school I have had to learn a whole new vocabulary to eavesdrop on his conversations :laugh:

[In the Drunk Tank]

Is this what our beautiful language has become

[ChristmasNeeve]

Never heard it used before

[arista]

Just Rizz… OFF

[Father Chris Mouse]

It's fine. Nothing can ever be worse than "innit" tbf.

[Livia]

In forty years it'll sound as ridiculous as 'far out, daddy-o'.

[thesheriff443]

You is well rizz
I’d be all over you like a rash

Sounds about right

[Merry Mockmas]

Is this what our beautiful language has become

This.

And I thought that Oxford people were supposed to be smart, not promoting a word that sounds like that it came off of TOWIE.:inamood:

[user104658]

It's complicated these days; as with a lot of Gen Z colloquialism, a vital part of getting the correct usage is understanding that it's almost always used semi-ironically. There's a sort of tongue-in-cheek deprecating self awareness in the way today's young teens speak to each other. It's quite fascinating really.

[bots]

It's complicated these days; as with a lot of Gen Z colloquialism, a vital part of getting the correct usage is understanding that it's almost always used semi-ironically. There's a sort of tongue-in-cheek deprecating self awareness in the way today's young teens speak to each other. It's quite fascinating really.

thats been true for as long as i can remember though. It's all down to context, and if you are not in the know you are left scratching your head :laugh:

[Z]

It's complicated these days; as with a lot of Gen Z colloquialism, a vital part of getting the correct usage is understanding that it's almost always used semi-ironically. There's a sort of tongue-in-cheek deprecating self awareness in the way today's young teens speak to each other. It's quite fascinating really.

I find it fascinating how far into deadpan their online humour presents as, I feel very removed from it at my grand old age of 32 and can only sometimes follow... rizz I think comes from charisma, or at least that's what I tell myself as I reminisce about awkward turtles and such like...

[Garfie]

I find it fascinating how far into deadpan their online humour presents as, I feel very removed from it at my grand old age of 32 and can only sometimes follow... rizz I think comes from charisma, or at least that's what I tell myself as I reminisce about awkward turtles and such like...

I think your theory sounds logical. Charisma is such a great word though!

I don’t know why but rizz sounds like a word that would be used by guys in the pub to describe having a pee. ‘Hold that thought, mate, as I’m just going for a rizz’!

[bots]

It makes perfect sense if its a shortening of charisma

I'm known for my rizz around town :smug:

[Merry Mockmas]

It makes perfect sense if its a shortening of charisma

I'm known for my rizz around town :smug:

I don't know why, but it makes me think of Ritz Biscuits, but with Cum as the flavour.