Oxford English Dictionary word of 2023 - Rizz…
 

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

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:

Is this what our beautiful language has become

Never heard it used before

Just Rizz… OFF

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

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

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

Sounds about right

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:

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:

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’!

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.