Rizz is 2023 Word Of The Year OUP
Basically just short for charisma. Not come across it.
All the years:-
| 1904 | hip |
| 1905 | whizzo |
| 1906 | teddy bear |
| 1907 | egghead |
| 1908 | realpolitik |
| 1909 | tiddly-om-pom-pom |
| 1910 | sacred cow |
| 1911 | gene |
| 1912 | blues |
| 1913 | celeb |
| 1914 | cheerio |
| 1915 | civvy street |
| 1916 | U-boat |
| 1917 | tailspin |
| 1918 | ceasefire |
| 1919 | ad-lib |
| 1920 | demob |
| 1921 | pop |
| 1922 | wizard |
| 1923 | hem-line |
| 1924 | lumpenproletariat |
| 1925 | avant garde |
| 1926 | kitsch |
| 1927 | sudden death |
| 1928 | Big Apple |
| 1929 | sex (meaning sexual intercourse) |
| 1930 | drive-in |
| 1931 | Mickey Mouse |
| 1932 | bagel |
| 1933 | dumb down |
| 1934 | pesticide |
| 1935 | racism |
| 1936 | spliff |
| 1937 | dunk |
| 1938 | cheeseburger |
| 1939 | Blitzkrieg |
| 1940 | Molotov cocktail |
| 1941 | snafu |
| 1942 | buzz |
| 1943 | pissed off |
| 1944 | DNA |
| 1945 | mobile phone |
| 1946 | megabucks |
| 1947 | Wonderbra |
| 1948 | cool |
| 1949 | Big Brother |
| 1950 | brainwashing |
| 1951 | fast food |
| 1952 | Generation X |
| 1953 | hippy |
| 1954 | non-U |
| 1955 | boogie |
| 1956 | sexy |
| 1957 | psychedelic |
| 1958 | beatnik |
| 1959 | cruise missile |
| 1960 | cyborg |
| 1961 | awesome |
| 1962 | bossa nova |
| 1963 | peacenik |
| 1964 | byte |
| 1965 | miniskirt |
| 1966 | acid |
| 1967 | love-in |
| 1968 | It-girl |
| 1969 | microchip |
| 1970 | hypermarket |
| 1971 | green |
| 1972 | Watergate |
| 1973 | F-word |
| 1974 | punk |
| 1975 | detox |
| 1976 | Trekkie |
| 1977 | naff all |
| 1978 | trainers |
| 1979 | karaoke |
| 1980 | power dressing |
| 1981 | toy-boy |
| 1982 | hip-hop |
| 1983 | beatbox |
| 1984 | double-click |
| 1985 | OK yah |
| 1986 | mobile |
| 1987 | virtual reality |
| 1988 | gangsta |
| 1989 | latte |
| 1990 | applet |
| 1991 | hot-desking |
| 1992 | URL |
| 1993 | have it large |
| 1994 | Botox |
| 1995 | kitten heels |
| 1996 | ghetto fabulous |
| 1997 | dot-commer |
| 1998 | text message |
| 1999 | |
| 2000 | bling bling |
| 2001 | 9/11 |
| 2002 | axis of evil |
| 2003 | sex up |
| 2004 | chav |
| 2005 | Sudoku (UK) & podcast (US) |
| 2006 | bovvered (UK) & carbon-neutral (US) |
| 2007 | carbon footprint (UK) & locavore (US) |
| 2008 | credit crunch (UK) & hypermiling (US) |
| 2009 | simples (UK) & unfriend (US) |
| 2010 | big society (UK) & refudiate (US) |
| 2011 | squeezed middle |
| 2012 | omnishambles (UK) & GIF (US) |
| 2013 | selfie |
| 2014 | vape |
| 2015 | 😂 |
| 2016 | post-truth |
| 2017 | youthquake |
| 2018 | toxic |
| 2019 | climate emergency |
| 2020 | No one word Words of an Unprecedented Year |
| 2021 | vax |
| 2022 | goblin mode |
| 2023 | rizz |
Odd that they could find single words for years like 1914 – 1918 and 1939 – 1945, but not for 2020. Surely they too were “unprecedented”?
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