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That strikes me as a much better choice than "rizz". I'm much too old to be where the kidz would be using "rizz" as a live usage. So it's no surprise that I wo
by jfengel 3y ago
That strikes me as a much better choice than "rizz".
I'm much too old to be where the kidz would be using "rizz" as a live usage. So it's no surprise that I would never have heard of it even while lexicographers are finding a flood of it.
Still... I've got enough experience with slang to have a feel for when a neologism sounds weak. It's just a shortening of a word that isn't used all that often, and doesn't really need a one-syllable abbreviation. That makes it feel self-conscious, as if you never actually use it without simultaneously explaining it.
I assume the lexicographers are right and I'm wrong. But "hallucinate" describes a real phenomenon that's novel to 2023, and frequently in the news.