Meaning of Rizz As Oxford’s Word Of 2023 | All Word Of The Years

What is the meaning of rizz? Well, simply put, the Oxford Dictionary now has the rizz! It’s finally time to crown the Word of 2023, AKA Word Of The Year (WOTY) from the Oxford University Press. Generation Z’s slang term, rizz, defeated seven shortlisted candidates for the Word of 2023 and came out victorious after being one of the most used words this year. Here is the rizz meaning, the shortlisted words, and all words of the past years that may have been missed out!

Do you have the rizz?

On the Internet, right before the Oxford Dictionary’s meaning, the Urban Dictionary has various definitions for rizz. But the bottom line is it means you have game and get flings. It came from Twitch streamer and YouTuber Kai Cenat, which then spread in the United States.

After getting the Word Of The Year, for the uninitiated, the rizz meaning initially came from the word charisma. It’s taken from the middle part of the word, -ris-, just like words, influenza to flu or refrigerator to fridge. According to Oxford University Press, rizz pertains “to someone’s ability to attract another person through style, charm, or attractiveness.”

Word of the Year 2023 is…#RIZZ

(n.) style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner.

Tag someone who's got plenty of it 👇#WOTY23 #rizz pic.twitter.com/KBi6tTA3y4

— Oxford University Press (@OxUniPress) December 4, 2023

• In the dictionary, it is written as a noun that means “style, charm, or attractiveness” and “the ability to attract a romantic or se*ual partner.”
• Of course, it can also be used as a verb, and most of the time, with the phrase, rizz up. This means “to attract, seduce, or chat up (a person).”

It’s interesting to know the other words that could have been the WOTY, right? Here are the three finalists and four shortlisted terms with their definitions from Oxford University Press.

• Prompt (noun): An instruction given to an artificial intelligence program, algorithm, etc., which determines or influences the content it generates.

• Situationship (noun): A romantic or se*ual relationship that is not considered to be formal or established.

• Swiftie (noun): An enthusiastic fan of the singer Taylor Swift.

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• Beige flag (noun): A character trait that indicates that a partner or potential partner is boring or lacks originality; (also) a trait or habit, esp. of a partner or potential partner, viewed as extremely characteristic, but not distinctly good or bad.

• De-influencing (noun): The practice of discouraging people from buying particular products, or of encouraging people to reduce their consumption of material goods, esp. via social media.

• Heat dome (noun): A persistent high-pressure weather system over a particular geographic area, which traps a mass of hot air below it.

• Parasocial (adjective): Designating a relationship characterized by the one-sided, unreciprocated sense of intimacy felt by a viewer, fan, or follower for a well-known or prominent figure (typically a media celebrity), in which the follower or fan comes to feel (falsely) that they know the celebrity as a friend.

From 2004 to 2022: Previous Oxford Words Of The Year

It has been 19 years since Oxford University Press began with the Word Of The Year. If you’re curious about the long list of ex-words of the year, then check out the complete list below.

Among all the words of the year, which is your most used? Share them with us in the comments below! And for the million-dollar question, anyone here has the rizz?