The term topped ‘Swiftie’ (a Taylor Swift fan), ‘situationship’ (an informal romantic or sexual relationship) and ‘prompt’ (an instruction given to an AI program) in the annual decision by Oxford English Dictionary experts.
Thursday 28 March 2024
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Oxford University Press has named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year
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