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Rizz Becomes Oxford Word Of The Year 2023, Thanks To Spider-Man

바카라˜Rizz바카라™ became the Oxford Word of the Year 2023 and Tom Holland plays a vital role in this. Read more to know what the word means and how Holland influenced this win.

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Oxford University Press announced 바카라˜Rizz바카라™ as the Word of the Year 2023 on Monday. The word left behind top popular words 바카라˜Swiftie바카라™, 바카라˜Prompt바카라™ and 바카라˜Situationship바카라™ to gain this title.

According to Oxford, the word gained popularity among people after actor Tom Holland used it in one of his interviews with BuzzFeed. He said 바카라œI have no rizz whatsoever, I have limited rizz바카라.

What does rizz mean?

Rizz is a 바카라˜Gen Z바카라™ slang popularized by social media. Oxford defines, 바카라˜rizz바카라™ as charisma or one바카라™s ability to attract or seduce someone.  

바카라˜Spider-Man바카라™ gave a strong push to the word to help it reach to top. However, the credit to bring 바카라˜rizz바카라™ to the stage goes to YouTube and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat. Kai created a video in which he gives tips on how to have rizz after which the word gained popularity on TikTok.

A press release by the publishing house stated, 바카라œIt speaks to how younger generations now have spaces, online or otherwise, to own and define the language they use. From activism to dating and wider culture, as Gen Z comes to have more impact on society, differences in perspectives and lifestyle play out in language, too.바카라

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Tom Holland (L) and Kai Cenat (R) Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Last year, 바카라˜goblin mode바카라™ had won the title as it reasonated with a lot of people after the pandemic. Merriam-Webster selected 바카라˜authentic바카라™ as the word of the year 2023 owing to constant spike in web searches.

Top Contenders For WOTY23 

This year saw a vareity of quirky and creative words including  바카라˜Barbenheimer바카라™, 바카라˜Yeet바카라™, 바카라˜Sus바카라™ and many more. Eight words were considered as contenders in the race by Oxford language experts. Out of those, four words were selected as finalists by public voting. Those four words were- 바카라˜Swiftie바카라™, 바카라˜Situationship바카라™, 바카라˜Prompt바카라™ and 바카라˜Rizz바카라™.

바카라˜Swiftie바카라™ is a slang used to define a hardcore Taylor Swift fan. The word won against 바카라˜de-influencing바카라™. De-influencing is a trend on social media where influencers tell their followers why they should avoid buying certain products.

바카라˜Situationship바카라™, meaning a noncommittal romantic or sexual relationship, won against 바카라˜parasocial바카라™. Parasocial means a psychological relationship between a person and someone they don바카라™t know personally.

바카라˜Prompt바카라™ won against 바카라˜heat dome바카라™ as this year saw a rise in use of AI. Prompt refers to the instruction given to an AI tool. On the other hand, heat dome refers to the situation when atmosphere traps hot ocean air.

Leaving all three of them behind 바카라˜Rizz바카라™ won against 바카라˜beige flag바카라™. Beige flag means something that is neither good nor bad but still catches one바카라™s attention.

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