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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lucy Mangan

EXPLAINED: Digested week never enough tissues for the school carol service | Rare Historical Photos

Participants taking part in the Liverpool Santa Dash – one of them wearing a Grinch mask
Grinch amongst Santas. ‘There’s always one, isn’t there? AND IT’S ME.’ Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Monday

Those crazy guys and gals at the Oxford English Dictionary have announced that 2023’s Word of the Year is – lexicographical drum roll please, which I somehow imagine to be timorous and just off any possible beat! – Rizz. No, I know, me neither! Apparently it is very popular with the young folk and refers to someone’s romantic appeal or charm. Think of it as anywhere between “game” or Clara Bow’s “It” depending on the last decade you ever looked at someone and thought “would”.

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