Kim Neverdeen Pieterse

Dec 3, 2023 | gothamist.com | Alison Stewart |Kim Neverdeen Pieterse |Zach Gottehrer-Cohen

This year, 650 new words were added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, including “jorts,” “grammable” and “rizz.”If you have a teenager, you know what “rizz” means. (And if you don’t, it means “romantic appeal or charisma,” according to the dictionary.)But what word captures 2023? It’s been a year in which artificial intelligence exploded into the mainstream, union workers across industries went on strike, and two female musicians – Taylor Swift and Beyoncé – bolstered an entire economy.