Monday, 11 December 2023

Word of the Year

 

FILE - AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)

The editors of the Oxford dictionary left the selection for Word of the Year to language lovers.

Over 30,000 people voted and selected four finalists for word of the year. They were “Swiftie” (fans of Taylor Swift), “situationship” (an informal romantic or sexual relationship), “prompt” (an instruction given to an artificial intelligence program), and “rizz.”

If you are not familiar with “rizz,” it is time to learn its meaning. It is Oxford’s word of the year. “Rizz” is believed to come from the word “charisma.” Oxford says it means having “style, charm or attractiveness.” It can also mean the “ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner.” The word is popular among Generation Z -- people born during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

“Rizz” can be used as a verb, too. To “rizz up” means “to attract, seduce, or chat up (a person).”

Oxford editors said they chose “rizz” as “an interesting example of how language can be formed, shaped, and shared within communities, before being picked up more widely in society.”

Read the article and make up a sentence with the word 'rizz'. Post it in the commentary section below.

6 comments:

  1. He used his charming personality to rizz up a conversation with her

    ReplyDelete
  2. He specifically said it loudly to rizz up his attention.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Sarah decided to embrace her inner charm and use it to rizz up the handsome stranger she met at the coffee shop.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Sarah made the decision to embrace her natural charm and use it to captivate the handsome stranger she encountered at the coffee shop.

    ReplyDelete
  5. pg slot รับฟรีเครดิต ผู้ให้บริการเกมสล็อตออนไลน์ ที่มาแรงที่สุด pg slot รับรองความคุ้มราคาจากถ้าเกิดคูณเริ่มจะมีความรู้สึกว่าของฟรีไม่มีในโลก บอกเลยว่าคุณคิดผิดแล้ว ด้วยเหตุว่าเว็บไซต์ของเราแจกจริงไม่ต้องแชร์

    ReplyDelete

Angelina Jolie receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Governors Awards

  Watch the interview and answer the question: What problem does Angelina raise in her acceptance speech?