Oxford University Press crowns 'rizz' as Word of the Year for 2023, Internet reacts

If you're a frequent social media user, you've likely encountered the term 'rizz,' a popular Internet slang used by many to express charm or style. Considering how popular this word has become around the world, Oxford University Press has officially recognised and crowned 'rizz' as the Word of the Year for 2023. These words were then put to our language experts, who considered our corpus data, the vote counts, and the public commentary around the words to choose the definitive word of the year for 2023," shared Oxford University Press in a press release. As per Oxford University Press, this word stems from the shortened form of the word ‘charisma’, taken from the middle part of the word, which is an unusual word formation pattern. Here's what people are saying about it: An individual wrote, "Rizz, one of the most used words by Gen Z crowned word of the year by Oxford."