Rizz: Word of The YEAR

Rizz = charISma.

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

I can’t imagine how I managed to get through almost this entire year and only learn about it NOW, but I’m not a teen and not on TikTok, which I believe is where it originally came from.

“Rizz is a colloquial word, defined as style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic partner” according to the Oxford University Press, to flirt with a degree of charm, to “rizz up”.

As for the word’s etymology, OUP says it’s believed to have been taken from the middle of “charisma,” much like “fridge” derives from refrigerator.

I reckon it’s akin to having “game” in the old days; chatty repartee with a certain amount of flirtatious banter, at least that’s how I’d describe it.

You either have it–or you don’t, it’s that simple.

Think of Joey in Friends, when “How you doin” is ALL he needed to say…total rizz!