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# Does Birchtree have the rizz?
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/does-birchtree-have-the-rizz/
- Published: 2023-12-05T00:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-05T00:07:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Jennifer Schuessler for the New York Times: [Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year Is … ‘Rizz’](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/arts/rizz-oxford-word-year.html?ref=birchtree.me)

> “Rizz” — Gen Z (or is it [Gen Alpha?](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/style/gen-alpha-slang.html?ref=birchtree.me)) slang for “style, charm or attractiveness,” or “the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner” — has been named as Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year, beating out contenders like situationship, prompt, de-influencing and (yes) Swiftie.

I know I’m old because I was today years old when I learned what rizz was.