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    Rizz is Oxford's word of the year for 2023. Do you have it?

    If you're asking what "rizz" means, you're not alone. There's even a chance that you have rizz without actually knowing what it is.
    by Bill Chappell Dec 04, 2023 3 minutes
    Rizz is the word of year for 2023, according to the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. The term deals with charisma and charm — and other rizzes are available, such as Stockard Channing, center, seen here as Betty "Rizz" Rizzo in the 1978 film <em>Grease</em>.

    Sorry, Swifties. The word of the year for 2023 is "rizz," according to the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. Rizz beat out Swiftie, situationship and de-influencing to claim word of the year honors.

    The competition celebrates recently created words or expressions that symbolize a period of time, while also "having potential as a term of lasting cultural significance or providing a snapshot of social history," the Oxford University Press said as it announced

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