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Do You Have Rizz Or Are You Poyo?

Associate Professor Dr Adelina Asmawi, Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya

05-Dec-23 18:00

Do You Have Rizz Or Are You Poyo?

"Rizz" - defined as "someone’s ability to attract another person through style, charm or attractiveness" - has been named word of the year by the Oxford University Press. We use this as a springboard to discuss being up to date on slang, and our listeners chime in with the slang words they remember using.

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Produced by: Alia Zefri

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan, Sharaad Kuttan


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Categories:  cultureeducationinternational

Tags:  rizzlanguageslangjargonlingoexpressionoxford dictionaryword of the year





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