In awarding this year's Nobel Literature Prize to Jon Fosse, the Nobel committee cited the Norwegian writer's "sensitive language that probes the limits of words." In awarding this year's Nobel ...

“Rizz” is a relatively young word — it’s been circulating online since 2021 — but one that’s cemented its place in the cultural lexicon. It can describe one’s self-assurance, wooing prowess or general ...

“I have negative rizz,” one of my guy friends declared over pancakes one Saturday morning. It was a bleary-eyed brunch—the kind where you’re still half-drunk from the night before—when he threw out ...

It’s hard out here for people in the dating scene. You’ve spent what feels like hours strategizing what video prompt to use on your Hinge profile. Maybe you’re still working on your go-to Bumble ...

Do you have rizz? Do you even know what it means? The word is all over the internet right now. Popularized by Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, it first popped up on Twitch and YouTube over a year ago, ...

The origin of this linguistic phenomenon can be traced back to TikTok and other platforms, where influencer Kai Cenat introduced the term on Twitch. In a testament to the ever-evolving nature of ...

Zoya Sheftalovich is POLITICO’s Global Playbook editor. How do you do, fellow kids? Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2023 is “rizz” — aka someone with “style, charm, or attractiveness.” Or “charisma,” as ...

"Rizz," a playful twist on "charisma," emerged from the vibrant online spaces of black African-American Gen Z. Streamer Kai Cenat is credited with propelling it into the spotlight, using it on Twitch ...

You probably already know what rizz is. Maybe you’ve got it. Maybe your new situationship thinks they do. But for anyone just catching up—or for the people reading this to understand modern slang—rizz ...

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