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Oxford University Press (OUP) has unveiled its Word of the Year for 2023, and it's the charming newcomer "rizz." Defined as the ability to attract a romantic partner through style, charm, or attractiveness, this term has taken center stage, earning over 32,000 votes from the public.

The next time your spring allergies start acting up, don't be too cross with the pollen causing them, because hundreds of years from now, it may provide palynology scientists and researchers with valuable clues about the vegetation around you and the changes that the landscape has undergone.

Stemming from the Ancient Greek word "toxikon," the English word "toxic" has been crowned as the word of year in 2018 by Oxford Dictionaries.

According to the dictionary, the word was the one that best captured the "ethos, mood, or preoccupations" of 2018. The word was judged to "have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance."

"The fundamental reason why the Greek crisis lasted so long was the extreme level of austerity that was imposed." That is the verdict of Ashoka Mody, visiting professor in International Economic Policy at Princeton University, a former deputy director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and one of the most eloquent critics of the policies of the troika in Greece and elsewhe

‘The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past’ by Shaun Walker (Oxford University Press, 278 pages, £20)

We learn to swear before we learn to talk properly - a habit that goes on for life. If you are a politician in the modern age, you have even more chance to perfect the skill thanks to your inner instincts of competitiveness and the not-so-silent majority ready to applaud or retweet your nastiness.

Ontotext is a proof that Bulgaria is a great place for software start-ups, Atanas Kiryakov, the company's founder and chief executive officer, has said.

'Mustafa Kemal Atatürk: Heir to an Empire' by Ryan Gingeras (Oxford University Press, 212 pages, $17)

'Writing Religion: The Making of Turkish Alevi Islam' by Markus Dressler (Oxford University Press, 345 pages, $69)

'The Burden of Silence: Sabbatai Sevi and the Evolution of Ottoman-Turkish Dönmes' by Cengiz ?i?man (Oxford University Press, 344 pages, £47)