The word of 2023 is rizz and I had no idea what it meant! Apparently
The finalists were:
And the shortlisted words were
I knew prompt, Swiftie and parasocial.
Here are the previous words of the year. I don’t know squeezed middle, refudiate, hypermiling, or locavore. I do, however know that the 2004 word of the year has been considered offensive since at least 2007.
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