As the year closes, large publishers carry out a reflection exercise in which choose the word of the yearwhether due to the number of searches, how much it has been used or its relationship with major events that have taken place throughout the 365 days of 2023.

After Meriam Webster and other publishers of major Anglo-Saxon dictionaries, Oxford University Press joins the tradition and has crowned the term Rizz as the ‘Word of the Year 2023’. Although with social networks, many of the words that become fashionable in countries like the US or England reach the ears of younger Spaniards, there are still many people who do not know what it means,crushcringe or the very word of the year rizz. Therefore, it is worth highlighting that according to its definition it is a noun meaning style, charm, or attractiveness to attract a romantic or sexual partner.

In this sense, it is a colloquialism that became fashionable after he used it Tom Holland and it is used mainly by young people who belong to the generation Z. Specifically, the term went viral in June of this year when the actor told Buzzfeed: “I don’t have any rizz. I have limited rizz”

Was one of the eight finalist words chosen to represent the state of mind, the spirit or concerns of 2023, in a public vote. The list was narrowed down in a public vote, before Oxford lexicographers made the final decision.

Other words that bordered on no. 1

  • Beige flag (beijing flag) (noun): a personality trait that indicates that a partner or potential partner is boring or lacking originality or a trait or habit of someone seen as extremely characteristic, but not clearly good or bad.
  • Situation (situationship) (noun): a romantic or sexual relationship that is not considered formal or established.
  • Parasocial (adjective): designating a relationship characterized by the unilateral and unrequited sense of intimacy that a viewer, fan or follower feels towards a well-known or prominent figure (usually a media celebrity), in which the follower or fan comes to feel (falsely) who know the celebrity like a friend.
  • Heat dome (heat dome) (noun): a persistent high-pressure weather system over a particular geographic area, trapping a warm air mass beneath it.
  • Swiftie (noun): follower of singer Taylor Swift.
  • Disinfluence (verb): the practice of discouraging people from purchasing certain products, or encouraging people to reduce their consumption of material goods, especially through social media.