Rizz named word of the year 2023 by Oxford University Press

“Rizz”被牛津大學出版社評為2023年度詞匯

By Noor Nanji

Are you good at chatting up or flirting with potential partners? If so， you may already have rizz.

你擅長和潛在的伴侶搭訕或調情嗎？如果是的，你可能已經具備“rizz”（魅力）了。

The Oxford word of the year is mostly used by young people. It was one of eight words on a shortlist， all chosen to reflect the mood， ethos or preoccupations of 2023. Other contenders ranged from Swiftie to beige flag to situationship.

這一牛津年度詞匯主要是年輕人在用。和“rizz”一起入圍的總共有八個詞，所有這些被挑選入圍的詞都被反映了2023年的社會情緒、風氣或熱點。其他入圍的詞匯包括：Swiftie（Taylor Swift的粉絲），beige flag（米色警示，形容伴侶個性無趣或古怪）和situationship（戀人未滿的感情關系）。

According to Oxford University Press， which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary， it is defined as style， charm， or attractiveness， and the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner. It can also be used as a verb， in sayings such as “to rizz up“， which means to attract， seduce， or chat someone up.

根據牛津大學出版社出版的《牛津英語大詞典》，“rizz”被定義為：風格、魅力或吸引力，以及吸引戀人或性伴侶的能力。它也可以作為動詞使用，比如“to rizz up”，意思是吸引、引誘或搭訕某人。

Last year's Oxford word of the year was “goblin mode“， another slang term describing “unapologetically self-indulgent， lazy， slovenly， or greedy“ behaviour.

去年的牛津年度詞匯是“goblin mode”（擺爛），這也是一個俚語，用來描述“毫不愧疚的自我放縱、懶惰、邋遢或貪婪”等行為。

Casper Grathwohl， president at Oxford Languages， said that while “goblin mode“ had resonated with many people after the pandemic，“it's interesting to see a contrasting word like rizz come to the forefront“.

牛津大學出版社語言中心負責人卡斯珀·格拉斯沃（Casper Grathwohl）表示，疫情爆發后，“goblin mode”（擺爛）引起了許多人的共鳴，而現在“看到像rizz（魅力）這樣反差很大的詞引起人們的關注，是很有意思的”。

He said the word possibly spoke to “a prevailing mood of 2023， where more of us are opening ourselves up after a challenging few years and finding confidence in who we are“.

他說，這個詞可能反映了“2023年的普遍情緒，在非常不易的幾年之后，我們更多人開始敞開心扉，找到了對自己的信心”。