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2023 slang
2023 was the year rizz won Word of the Year, the year Drake-Kendrick beef escalated, the year Barbie and Oppenheimer happened in the same weekend, and the year situationship finally got recognized as a real noun.
It was also the year mid completed its takeover, NPC behavior became a meme format, and beige flag emerged as the gentler cousin to red and green flags. A snapshot of what landed.
The 2023 lexicon ยท 9 terms
rizz
/rษชz/
๐ฅ Gen Z & TikTok
situationship
/สษชสหu eษช.สษn.สษชp/
๐ Relationships & Dating
NPC
/npiห-siห/
๐ Internet & Memes
glazing (AI)
หษกleษช.zษชล
๐ Emerging / Viral
beige flag
beษชส flรฆษก
๐ Internet & Memes
delulu
/dษหluหluห/
๐ฅ Gen Z & TikTok
mid
mษชd
๐ฅ Gen Z & TikTok
girl dinner
ษกษหl หdษชn.ษr
๐ Food & Drink
canon event
หkรฆn.ษn ษชหvent
๐ Emerging / Viral
Bottom line
Most of these terms are still active in 2026 but moved into stage-3 ironic usage. By 2027 the year-marker terms (situationship, beige flag) will likely sound dated; rizz survives.
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