“Rizz”—a shortened version of “charisma”—is Oxford Language’s Word of the Year for 2023, basically meaning to "make something more attractive." Popular as it is, apparently, in order to be named the word of the year, it just doesn't resonate with me. I prefer Oxford's word of the year last year, which was “Goblin Mode,” a term defined as a type of behav…
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