Aww, but “yeet” is a great word!!! Really captures the feel of the action of chucking something away from you with force. (in case anyone was wondering, “yoink” is its opposite – to reach for and grab something and pull it toward you, especially in sort of a comedically rubbery fashion.)

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traveling_gal@reddit

I love both "yeet" and "yoink". They are such a regular part of my lexicon now that it seems strange to me that they're relatively new.

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-Thoreau-Me-Away-@reddit

I’ve been saying “yoink” since circa 2001

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scrumbud@reddit

Huh. I had no idea yoink was that recent either. I just looked it up, and it's attributed to The Simpsons. I guess it's a perfectly cromulent word.

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fortyyearsthendeath@reddit

It’s definitely embiggened my vocabulary

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uberslaker@reddit

Of course it has it’s a perfectly cromulent word.

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New-Purchase1818@reddit

I feel like we Xennials got in on the ground floor with “yoink,” and I’ve always been a little miffed about that word getting categorized as an early GenZ thing. Harrumph—I’ve been using “yoink” since before they were old enough to watch Dora the Explorer.

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peptide2@reddit

You should have been around for it cousin , zoinks!!!!

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New-Purchase1818@reddit

Ruh roh raggy!

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Beginning_Fun_145@reddit

Simpsons?!? Don’t you mean shaggy from Scooby Doo?!?

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Ancient_Pause_8737@reddit

How is “yoink” not something from the (original) Scooby Doo? It sounds like something Shaggy would say …

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ConsequenceTop4344@reddit

And you can use both to say, "The Lord yeeteth and the Lord yoinketh away," which cracks me up every time I think about it. 😁

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ahoysharpie@reddit

I like "yeet." It’s a fun word

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Thumper13@reddit

I don't know why, but yeet/yeeted is one of my favorite modern slang words. It's so dumb, but it always makes me laugh.

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Ok-Writing9280@reddit

Yeet is particularly good when it comes to a hysterectomy aka a yeeterus! 😂😂

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BigDaddyUKW@reddit

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caarmygirl@reddit

It’s not actually all that modern. And I irritate the young’un’s when I remind them. ⭐️🤌🏻

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PumpkinSpiceFreak@reddit

Agreed 🤣

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Beth_Pleasant@reddit

It's also my favorite. I use it a lot too.

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AnnieAcely199@reddit

I thought "yeet" was Millennial slang? Either way, I use it often.

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akadebso@reddit

Yeet is definitely gen z slang.

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ohheyaine@reddit

It's been around since 2014. I'm a millennial, my friends were using it pretty regularly back then

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akadebso@reddit

How old are you..? You must be at the cut off…

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ohheyaine@reddit

35

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akadebso@reddit

AI as well as myself…we could be wrong…but I haven’t heard anybody in real life use that and online only younger people but obviously your experience is different

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ohheyaine@reddit

Yeah we were using it in real life. Both of my younger millennial sisters got my Gen X mom saying it even. My friends say it irl too.

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AnnieAcely199@reddit

Oops! Now I know. Thanks for letting me know.

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poop_on_you@reddit

I have said yeet for years....I have no idea where I got it from.

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LowMobile7242@reddit

My son brought it back from the military about 10 years ago? Don't know if it originated from there?

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monsterlynn@reddit

Yeah I think yeet is Mellenial.

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ScarletDarkstar@reddit

My kids thought it was great that I embraced Yeet. My youngest congratulated me on a random application of 6~7 yesterday , and being the only adult she knows who hasn't expressed distinct aggravation with it.

I have 5 offspring spanning the Z range. I'd have to be deaf and dumb to never pick it up.

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GatorGTwoman@reddit

I also use it. It’s such a great word.

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MamaPajamaMama@reddit

Back when yeet was more popular I saw on Reddit that a dad tortured his daughter by saying "have a yeet day!" and I totally picked that up.

I once texted "I gotchu fam" to my son and he was like, no. Just, no.

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ArchSchnitz@reddit

I use it to annoy and frustrate my kids. Unfortunately they think it's funny.

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electraglideinblue@reddit

My teenager dies inside every time I say, "that's lit, fam."

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misterash1984@reddit

I like 'i gotchu boo'

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Forsaken-Cat184@reddit

Lol I just throw this gif at my bf instead

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Leeleeflyhi@reddit

The yeet skrr yeet Pete Davidson and Timothy Chalemet sketch is my favorite snl sketch

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Weird-Conflict-3066@reddit

Oooof

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External-Dude779@reddit

This is how we go back to proper grammer like, dude and rad and awesome and lame and bogus.

Just walk around some Gen Zers and say shit like, mid bro fire yeet bussin no sussin and soon enough they'll all go away 😂

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ummDerp504@reddit

I use yeet often. I really appreciate it

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TheBraindonkey@reddit

Yeet was probably one of the better ones IMO. Useful is so many contexts.

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IDEKWTSATP4444@reddit

Mine laugh at me and think it's cute when I "learn new words". Lol

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BigAndTall1968@reddit

I think YEET is such a great word! 😅
That's pretty much the only slang I've picked up from the kids, and I use it every chance I get.
👍😁👍

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NerdyComfort-78@reddit

But yeet is useful. It really encompasses some situation.

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cleveland_leftovers@reddit

My 17 year-old son listens to the rap gentleman ‘Yeat.’ So of course his mother runs around the house yelling “YEAT!!!” just to bond with him.

I also called his new expensive hoodie ‘fire.’

Pretty sure I saw his soul leave his body momentarily that day.

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

I, too, use yeet. That’s about it.

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kd8qdz@reddit

This is the way.

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doctor-rumack@reddit

skibidi

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VA1255BB@reddit

That's Gen Alpha, not Z.

C'mon bro, keep up.

/s

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Fillmore80@reddit

You knowing this is sus.

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Charming-Insurance@reddit

I feel like “sus” has been around awhile. I’ve used sus forever and I don’t know much current slang.

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Fillmore80@reddit

My statement stands. Your point is moot.

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Charming-Insurance@reddit

LOLs it wasnt a point. It was an actual question since I don’t know slang. But good to see what your goal is, to make “a point.” Lolllzz.

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karen1676@reddit

6-7

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lionmurderingacloud@reddit

6-7 annoys me for so many reasons. It doesn't actually mean anything, it's just a callback to an internet joke and like a 'humor marker', but my kid and his classmates bust up laughing at it. Ii t's peak meme culture, where the humor itself, such as it is, comes from the fact it's nonsensical but the theoretical value of it is known to an in group. Plus its especially annoying that I have to go on a rant about it like I'm shaking my fist at a cloud

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Zttn1975@reddit

I hope your comment gets 67 likes. 🤣. I use it just to annoy students

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ObligationNervous157@reddit

On the teacher Reddits they tell me this is the way. …. I do teach math I might try it

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Zealousideal_Let_439@reddit

It's honestly just their truncated form of the old "Oh, good ole joke #491!" joke.

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lionmurderingacloud@reddit

Except it's not actually used in reference to a new joke! It's more like an 'applause' sign in a tv studio except its coded so only your in the know audience gets it, and therefore also works on pointing out that those outside your audience are not in on the joke.

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jb45707@reddit

When I say 6-7 it’s because I’m talking about my Ford Super Duty 6.7 liter engine.

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BojanaKingsFakeTumor@reddit

Shades on, l'm boul with the glasses

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SammieCat50@reddit

You saying suss is rizz

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MishmoshMishmosh@reddit

That’s cap

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

On god

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mtlaw13@reddit

that's no cap, ong, fr fr lowkey howling rn no cap fr fr

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gerwen@reddit

You gotta keep em on their toes.

Using any Gen Alpha slang around my Gen-Z son makes him puke in his mouth a little bit.

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SaintStephen77@reddit

Bruh, lol

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fuckreddit-69@reddit

I mix em up on purpose. It's annoys my kids to no end. Skibidi no cap beta rizz

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RoofHaunting2582@reddit

Skibidi toilet

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MeasurementStill5997@reddit

That’s generation alpha. I know this because my two elementary school age kids say this nearly every day and it’s killing me 🤣

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ProjectAshamed8193@reddit

This. One of the few perks about raising kids is embarrassing tf out of them at every opportunity. The cringier the better.

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PeregrineFeatherston@reddit

Save, but I use Gen Alpha slang to really wind then up.

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jderflinger@reddit

This is the best reason to use slang

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BrokenHeart1935@reddit

This is the way.

She recently asked me if I was close to her workplace (I was picking her up after her shift).

I responded with “Bet”.

The mortification alone was so gratifying 😂

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CosmicSmoker@reddit

Yup. Told them if I hear you say it you're gonna hear me say it... a lot.

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Bromodrosis@reddit

I watched tiktoks just to get the lingo right so I could use it and annoy the hell out of them.

"No cap, I am the Rizzler." Will clear a room.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

It works even better when you use it just a little bit wrong. "You're on cap...". You can hear their heads halt and catch fire.

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kingrat1@reddit

No fleek!

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ScarletDarkstar@reddit

I like to use bet in its original context. Like "OH, ya wanna bet?"

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Independent-Low6706@reddit

God, that was a great show..

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arowan@reddit

This is absolutely where it’s at.

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lo-finate@reddit

Exactly, there's this teacher Mr. Lindsay who keeps me up to date on all of it. And having a 12 year old helps too. 😮

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Zestyclose_Media_548@reddit

I love that guy!

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galtscrapper@reddit

13 is Gen Alpha. I have already picked up "obvi" from mine!

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vajrasana@reddit

Ha! Just discovered him yesterday when I was desperately trying to understand this 6-7 crap lol. He’s now my go to guy

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Bromodrosis@reddit

He was definitely one of them he's great

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BigDaddyUKW@reddit

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Any_Community_210@reddit

I need to Google translate this now

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monsterlynn@reddit

Giving true Sigma, there.

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MamaPajamaMama@reddit

My dog's name is Rizzo. I started calling her the Rizzler, and once in a while Charisma.

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Bromodrosis@reddit

Yes!

Walking downstairs on a Saturday morning and declaring at the top of your lungs that "The Rizzly Bear needs some gogo juice! On God. No cap." Is absolute GenX fuckery, which I enjoy far more than I dislike the slang itself.

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Fillmore80@reddit

Said no one with Rizz ever! 🤣

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Bromodrosis@reddit

Exactly!

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Sad_Arugula1928@reddit

Only to annoy my Silent Generation mom.

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in-a-microbus@reddit

Parenting achievement unlocked

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Ok_Veterinarian2715@reddit

Ohhh Wagwan, fellow parent.

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draeden11@reddit

This is the way.

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met22land@reddit

Full cap, no bussing, or somesuch.

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caarmygirl@reddit

Nah, that’s homeslice. (At least in southern NM, USA)

And then when I tried EXPLAINING to the 12yr old what homeslice actually was, they cocked their heads at me like puppies.

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Fillmore80@reddit

What is bussing?

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NoConstant1385@reddit

You catch the 6-7 and take it over to skibidi & cap.

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MamaPajamaMama@reddit

Bussin (not bussing) means really good, usually in reference to food. "That pizza was bussin."

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aaronwcampbell@reddit

Cleaning the tables, sheesh

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NewRecommendation287@reddit

No cap, all lowercase!! Is my personal favorite 😄

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SeedLibrarian@reddit

I was born at the tail end of the baby boom and frequently enjoy having AI convert all texts to my three Gen Z sons into Gen Z parlance. Making them cringe is the only form of power I still have over them. It's super fun and always makes me and my husband lol hard 😁

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_Rebel_Scum_77@reddit

This guy skibidis.

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Albus_Q@reddit

Me too. Mostly annoyed but my kids lose their shit whenever I type “Da fuq?” in a text.

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gele-gel@reddit

I’m GenX and dafuq is my fave

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Quick-Star-3552@reddit

I'm laughing...

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0ldEnough2KnowBe77er@reddit

Same. I used 6-7 on my 18-year-old son the other day. His brain almost exploded.

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plexxer@reddit (OP)

If I need to do that I find nothing is quite as effective as doing Fortnite dances.

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Palacesongs@reddit

Get griddy!

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Havah_Lynah@reddit

You misspelled “jiggy”.

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mvscribe@reddit

Same.

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verstohlen@reddit

Exactly. Anywhere else, and it comes off as "How do you do fellow kids?"

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shlomitisfeisty@reddit

I remember my Mom z”l doing that to annoy me! Hahahahahah!

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littlefire_2004@reddit

This is sometimes true as well... I'll usually do outta my way to use it won't too.

The eyerolls I get 🤣😂🤣

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MiyagiJunior@reddit

I just keep saying Six Seven. I have no idea what it actually means but it seems to annoy them.

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Oolon42@reddit

On god, this is the way. I do the same to my son.

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MattyBeatz@reddit

Yep. When I get “bro’d” he gets bro’d right back.

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FeelGoodNotBad@reddit

Haha! Same!

I get much enjoyment adding ‘no cap’ to my sentences once in a while, or injecting a ‘that’s so sigma’ into a conversation every so often. The payoff in the reactions of my gen z kids makes it so worthwhile!

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raynbowbrite@reddit

Came here to say this, no cap

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East_Membership606@reddit

Likewise

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funktopus@reddit

My wife and I will use any of the brain rot terms to annoy our teenager. He's stopped telling us any slang because of it.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

That's the best use of it.

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DeauxDeaux@reddit

Type shit

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Impossible_Emu5095@reddit

The more cringe the better

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This-Assumption4123@reddit

Same!

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Massive_Look8179@reddit

Nope.

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FluffyShiny@reddit

Yeet. And Fair.

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nofish77@reddit

Australians shorten every single word, if Australian TV is accurate! Everything ends in a cutesy -ie or -y. No shade.

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ridbax@reddit

I think it got a revival after Among Us.

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tmolesky@reddit

Ligma

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KoedKevin@reddit

That Slaps!

My son and daughter in law thought it was funny…at first.

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fredinNH@reddit

Put the fries in the bag. It means something like ok that’s enough. Time to move on. I love it. I’m a high school teacher and I get many opportunities to use it and my favorite is when a kid says “who taught him that?”

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Silly-Raspberry5722@reddit

Unironically? Never really, but I do find common cause with my younger GenZ and GenAlpha people in my orbit. They seem to get and appreciate GenX more than any other group. Based.

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Maverick-Mav@reddit

I am not a fan of mid. I do occasionally say sus.

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justaguy12131@reddit

Vibe is a good one. No cap.

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Ancient-Sink5239@reddit

My kids are millennial, gen z and alpha. I say yeet, loll (as a word) and RIP. I don’t remember which gen I picked those up from. My older gen z kids def said yeet and RIP when they were younger.

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RCA2CE@reddit

Yes I use mid & basic too.

Extra & Sus are in my language

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FluffyShiny@reddit

Sus as in suss for suspicious? Cos that's been around for decades.

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Steelclad@reddit

Yes, but it got re-popularized by Among Us.

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TofuLordSeitan666@reddit

Exactly. I’m an exxennial and never used sus or heard it being used, but I would have understood its meaning. Once Among us got mega popular is when it started being used by the kids as slang for suspicious.

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nemspy@reddit

Where I lived we used to say "sussed" for both "sussed out" (understood something) but also "sussed" just meant suspicious. We never said "suss". Might have been a regionalism thing.

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zardozLateFee@reddit

Most of these have been. Just the usual process of white kids grabbing black slang and then the media making a big deal about it...

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melnve@reddit

Sus has been short for suspicious in Australia since I was a kid in the 80s, but we shorten every word if possible.

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FluffyShiny@reddit

Exactly, I'm Aussie too!

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Designer-Mirror-7995@reddit

I just straightened that out for somebody in another comment, lol

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jjmenace@reddit

Yes, but they THINK they invented it.

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akadebso@reddit

Extra is millennial slang. Ppl were saying extra decades ago in nyc…

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RCA2CE@reddit

I only know “sus” from some twitch AOC did a few years ago, I sort of think she invented it

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skintaxera@reddit

I remember my now 23 yo daughter patiently explaining to me years ago what a basic bitch was lol

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PriveCo@reddit

Mid is great. I love the simplicity of it. It is onomatopoetic.

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VecchioDiM3rd1955@reddit

EXTRA.MID
SUS.BAS

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b-sharp-minor@reddit

No way, Jose.

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ProjectAshamed8193@reddit

6-7 of course!

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TacoTico1994@reddit

6,7. 41. My kids think it's both hilarious and gross at the same time. I'm winning!

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Sea_Internet_16@reddit

I’m so here for 6,7. Don’t know why. It cracks me up

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Upper_Produce881@reddit

So like - what does it mean exactly

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Lupi_y@reddit

6, 7, ate, 9

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lo-finate@reddit

It means nothing at all! 😏

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AndYouDidThatBecause@reddit

Nothing at all! Nothing at all!

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garitone@reddit

There's nothing new in this world:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sixes_and_sevens

The phrase "at sixes and sevens" most likely originated from a 14th-century dice game called hazard. In this game, "cinque and sice" (French for five and six) were the riskiest numbers to throw, and gambling one's whole fortune on them was considered reckless. This gradually evolved to mean "in a state of confusion or disarray". An alternative theory suggests it came from a dispute between two London guilds over their precedence in a procession, but experts believe the dice game is the more probable origin.

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Rungi500@reddit

6, 7 is like our whatever.

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TacoTico1994@reddit

Nothing. But my 11 year old gets a good laugh when her parents say it.

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

I know 6-7. My kid hasn’t started saying 41. What is that?

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Silvermouse5150@reddit

Yeah what the hell is 41? I still don’t know exactly what 67 is? What’s an example that you can use it as an answer?

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ComprehensiveFlan638@reddit

I read the comment as they say 6, 7 to their kids and they're aged 41. I might be wrong though.

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avec_serif@reddit

So far as I can tell, literally the only point of 6-7 is to make grown ups say “what the hell does that mean?” Also it’s just kind of fun to say if you really draw out the 7

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

It is fun to say. When I started saying it, my child stopped saying it because that’s when he knew it wasn’t cool anymore. Wow. I am cool, damn it.

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RagingPanda392@reddit

67 is from a horrible rap song where the guy mumbles his way through most of it. 67 is one of the only intelligible lines.

My kids say it whenever they hear or see 6 and 7 together. They watch my speedometer now for when I hit 67. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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aedile@reddit

My lucky number has been 67 since 1986 when I realized I didn't have a lucky number and just picked the next number I saw. The 6-7 thing makes me irrationally angry.

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avec_serif@reddit

My wife and I started saying 6-7 to each other. Turns out it’s just fun to say!

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Flukie42@reddit

I was subbing in a 3rd grade class and they LOST IT when I said 6,7

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kittenpantzen@reddit

That's alpha, not z.

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bearhug72@reddit

"Cooked" has been doing the rounds.

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bu11fr0g@reddit

6 7

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pchandler45@reddit

Lowkey I'm hip AF. No cap

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Itchy_Asparagus7381@reddit

Fer Sure Fer Sure!

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Normal-Thing-2516@reddit

I often mutter bruh to myself. I can’t stop. What is wrong with me.

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ProduceSimilar@reddit

Rizz is used daily

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zipitdirtbag@reddit

Eh, we said suss in the 80s

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Unable_Apartment_613@reddit

mediocre is better than mid.

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Roguefem-76@reddit

Exactly. "mid" is just a shortened version of mediocre anyway, so why not use the full, more descriptive word?

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mybloodyballentine@reddit

Menza menza is better than all of them

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Dionysiac777@reddit

Or middling

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Kitchen_Chemistry901@reddit

It’s not fair being literate anymore

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NGJohn@reddit

Does anyone under 25 still read. . .anything?

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ExtraAd7611@reddit

Yes. Reddit.

Does anyone over 25 still read anything?

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NGJohn@reddit

What a silly question. How many comments do you see from those under 25 regarding the literacy levels of those over 25?

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itnor@reddit

Ehh, idk, there’s a genius to “mid,” like I can’t be bothered to utter the full word in describing what’s been inflicted upon me.

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plexxer@reddit (OP)

Mediocre doesn't quite capture the temperament that 'mid' does.

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editboy03@reddit

I tell my kid “you’re drippin’ straight fire, G” quite often

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Sonoran_Dog70@reddit

I use a few. There’s a lot of Genz at work.

One of them just got a mullet. I told him it was a bad haircut in the 80’s and 40+ years didn’t make it better. 😂

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

And they lack the bitchin' T-top Firebird to pair with it...

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h3fabio@reddit

Bitchin’ Camero

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SHELLIfIKnow48910@reddit

My folks drove it up here from the Bahamas.

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Appropriate_Steak486@reddit

You’re kidding!

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SHELLIfIKnow48910@reddit

I must be - the Bahamas are islands.

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DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit

okay, the important thing here is that, uh, you ask me what kinda car it is

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SHELLIfIKnow48910@reddit

Uhhhhh…what kinda car do you got?

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AndYouDidThatBecause@reddit

IROC-Z beyoches!

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sleepy_potatoe_@reddit

Hey Jack, what's happenin'? I don't know Well, uh, rumor around town says you might be thinkin' 'bout goin' down to the shore Uh, yeah, I think I'm gonna go down to the shore

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Fit_Resolution_5102@reddit

I’m from Philly area. This is awesome.

“It’s a boring day I’ve got nothing to do………. Except get a load of retards and drive ‘em to the zoo!!!!!

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Aggressive-Compote64@reddit

Pontiac Fiero

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Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit

Love me two times, babe. Cuz I got AIDS.

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Specialist-Plastic57@reddit

I ran over my neighbors

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tduke65@reddit

Just now?

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SHELLIfIKnow48910@reddit

Yep - now he’s in all the papers.

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AldoTheeApache@reddit

My parent's bought me a Bitchin' Camaro with no insurance to match

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SHELLIfIKnow48910@reddit

So if I happen to run you down, please don’t leave a scratch.

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doa70@reddit

Donuts on your lawn.

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SHELLIfIKnow48910@reddit

Tony Orlando and Dawn!

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ThunderpussAbaco@reddit

My folks drove it up here from the Bahamas.

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rouphus@reddit

I’ll always upvote this!

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AtomicHurricaneBob@reddit

Are you from Cranston, RI? My girlfriend's boyfriend drive a bitchin' camara!

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Sonoran_Dog70@reddit

This!

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JLMezz@reddit

Offer to buy him jean shorts from Kmart to go with his mullet, but oh - Kmart went the way mullets should… 😂

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GrandPriapus@reddit

Mullets are like certain viruses, once you’ve had one, you’re immune to future occurrences.

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hellomodern@reddit

I had a self-inflicted (as in I cut it myself) circa 1987. Man it was a bitch to grow out.

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PairPrestigious7452@reddit

I had mine in '83

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caarmygirl@reddit

I have one now. Chemo hair is hard.😂😂😂

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kramwest1@reddit

I’m so glad I grew up amongst so many ‘80s hockey players. I got herd immunity, so I never had one. 😂

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JoeyKino@reddit

LOL, I worked with one who had multiple nose piercings, including the giant "I'm not a bull" septum ring, and wore glasses with frames so big the 60s would wonder if she was OK, who asked me if I thought she'd "look good with a mullet," and it took all my energy to NOT tell her it might just distract from all the other terrible choices she'd made.

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RogerClyneIsAGod2@reddit

glasses with frames so big the 60s would wonder if she was OK

Back in the day we called these "Buddy Holly glasses" if we liked that person. If we didn't like them we'd call them "birth control glasses" because no one will ever want to have sex with you if you keep wearing those things.

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caarmygirl@reddit

BCG’s was a military thing for us growing up (and I’m just now wondering if the HS I went to was the Falcons because of Castle AFB…holy crap)

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glennis_pnkrck@reddit

I do take them off when I’m getting busy but otherwise it didn’t hurt my chances any, I promise.

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KiraDog0828@reddit

Show her a couple of video clips from the Jim Carrey film Liar Liar: first where he tells a white lie to a receptionist, telling her that her new style looked good. Next show her the clip of after he’s forced to always tell the truth, when he tells her “Whatever takes the focus off your face” or words to that effect..

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Sihaya212@reddit

The frosted tips are back too. Only a matter of time before ramen hair returns to wreak its revenge.

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lauramich74@reddit

At least the rat tail hasn’t come back (yet?).

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UnfairNight7786@reddit

Oh lawd bite ur tongue! I hated it when it was “fashionable.”

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pseudoart@reddit

I’ve gotten old enough to not care anymore and I’ve given myself a mullet just because why not? Always looked different, might as well. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Misuteriisakka@reddit

I thought we were the generation who didn’t give a shit. Keep your mind flexible and go with the flow. Support the younger ones who don’t give a fuck about the judgey Gen X Squidwards at work and rock whatever hair they want to.

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pseudoart@reddit

Well said

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Tess47@reddit

Its giving Ohio.

Hahahahahaha

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tripperfunster@reddit

I had to ask my 20something kid what Ohio meant. I mean, I know it means bad, but i wanted the direct translation. He couldn't give it to me, aside from Ohio is the shittiest state. :D

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admwhiskers@reddit

Xennial here. I rocked the ironic mullet in the aughts. Irony is never as good a look as sincerity.

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ZEBRACOD@reddit

Not sure if you remember the Vandals “ape drape” song? It’s going to be stuck in my head for days now

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monsterlynn@reddit

There's something to be said for the more artful, alternative/gothy mullets of the late 80s - early 90s. Tenesee Waterfall and Hockey Hair, though...

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Sonoran_Dog70@reddit

Yeah, being a goth/new waver kid myself, I had a pseudo mullet thing going on for a bit before I just went short.

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

My son (11) just begged me two days ago to cut his hair because it was starting to look like a mullet and he didn’t want one. There was this much |-| hair on the back of his neck. So, not even close enough to be a rat tail, but I was so impressed that he didn’t want a stupid hair cut, that I cut his hair. Ha ha

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YepThatSal@reddit

same, practically all my digital coworkers are GenZ and it’s just unavoidable

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11systems11@reddit

Yes 67 of them

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aurorasinthesky@reddit

sus. I try not to say slaps lol

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Rays_LiquorSauce@reddit

Slaps makes my skin crawl. As does FAFO. And glizzy. Fucking cornball shit

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BIGepidural@reddit

Make the shift to "that goes hard" and when they cringe tell that they're "not being very cash money" 😂

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AndYouDidThatBecause@reddit

Cash Money, Cash Money yeah!

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luckylimper@reddit

For the 99 and 2000!

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thumbsquare@reddit

“Goes hard” has transitioned to “goes crazy” around a year or two ago

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3-orange-whips@reddit

Gen Z problems require Gen X solutions

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ScarletDarkstar@reddit

Eats. Try eats.

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The_Fugue@reddit

I've been using sus since I was a kid. I'm 53.

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MissBandersnatch2U@reddit

Wasn't that already British slang though?

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Individual-Army811@reddit

I said that yesterday about McDonalds Coke Zero. Sigh.

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aurorasinthesky@reddit

sus or slaps?

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Individual-Army811@reddit

The only thing I crave from McDs is the Coke Zero. I don't know why. So, slaps.

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Grasshopper_pie@reddit

💀💀💀

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Rays_LiquorSauce@reddit

Sus. Cap. That might be it

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diaphoni@reddit

so much, frfr. and as i'm 53, it confuses the hell out of younger people

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hullaballoser@reddit

I’ve called a song a “bop” but I didn’t feel good about. It was the right word thought, so whatevs

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Crewstage8387@reddit

Fire, not gonna lie Bruh

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DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Pretty sure this goes back to the 90s.

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luckylimper@reddit

So much of this is black slang bubbled through an internet filter. It’s old sayings shortened and mashed together.

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wakattawakaranai@reddit

yeah I've been typing ngl (not gonna lie) in chats since 2005 easy

I struggle not to bruh, though. Bro is where it's at.

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greenbeancounter@reddit

I feel like we used to say something was ON fire, not now they just something is fire. I have teenagers but they don’t use this stuff around me too much so I could be wrong.

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Designer-Mirror-7995@reddit

"fire" is absolutely Gen X, and came through AAVE. (In other words, it's straight from the "hood")

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit

Kids around here call the hood MLK. The street that runs through the hood is named after Martin Luther King.

Most cities that have an MLK street seem to have it run through the hood.

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greenbeancounter@reddit

My hometown MLK is one of the newest streets and is where EVERYTHING was built. Every commercial store, restaurant, etc. Not a single house in sight so definitely not the hood. But it’s a lower income area in south Louisiana so the whole town can feel a bit slummy.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit

Chris Rock on MLK Blvd.

https://youtu.be/7hJxWr1TKK8?si=uvUApAl3TkmuzAmy

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Designer-Mirror-7995@reddit

My home city used MLK Blvd to SPLIT the city. "These" people on "this" side and "Them People" on the other. Of course, now the street runs through the "urban" communities (on the South side anyway), but that wasn't the INTENT back then.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit

We have Rosa Park Circle and Harriet Tubman st also in the hood.

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Designer-Mirror-7995@reddit

My city liked naming the "projects" after our AA greats. Was SAID to be "in honor of", but purposefully neglected to show how the powers-that-be REALLY felt about their place in history.

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IllustriousCrew2641@reddit

A lot of genz slang is just recycled stuff from older decades, even sometimes simply normal words that are a little archaic used exactly how they’ve always been used (“demure”).

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3-orange-whips@reddit

Maybe a better topic would have been “Do we old heads know the origin of any slang?”

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State_Of_Franklin@reddit

Yeah it's funny. A lot of the words we used to describe good weed now just mean cool.

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ViewAskewRob@reddit

No cap, twin. Unc simpin like fire some new act. That some mid ass MC syndrome shit. Bet.

I had to pop a cop in Oaktown because he wasn’t giving me my props. No? I heard that somewhere.

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luniz420@reddit

bruh doesn't

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fitzbuhn@reddit

It was very easy to convert my natural “bro” to a “bruh”

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7LeagueBoots@reddit

Yeah, at least.

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caarmygirl@reddit

I told my younger daughter, 13 at the time, (now 27) if she called me Bruh one more time, she’d find out why there were no girls in Joe and her friends LOST THEIR SHIT.

That’s all I heard for years…and still hear it across a crowded place sometimes. Little brats.

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Agreeable-Fault2273@reddit

My ability to embarrass my children with outdated slang is on fleek.

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kittenpantzen@reddit

Outdated indeed. That's millennial

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akadebso@reddit

Fleek is gen z

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kittenpantzen@reddit

It is not. It gained widespread popularity after a Vine video (which is definitely more of a millennial thing). You could argue of it being Zillennial, since it's a late millennial term, but it is still classified as millennial slang.

also, when I was double checking it's categorization, I did find it funny that it showed up in an article for the international Center of Language Studies, although that makes sense because idioms and slang tend to be some of the harder things when you're learning a new language.

https://www.icls.edu/blog/8-fire-gen-z-slang-terms-and-the-millennial-equivalent

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akadebso@reddit

I agree to disagree.

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DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit

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IWatchBadTV@reddit

"On fleek" has a documented origin.

Check out this video, "on fleek girl" https://share.google/8t6wYiKkR68HkIgDO

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Havah_Lynah@reddit

In 2016, my Millennial coworker told me that my eyebrows were on fleek. She’s just 10 years younger than I am, and I’m tail-end X/Xennial. I was born 1976, she’s 1986.

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kittenpantzen@reddit

On fleek and yolo feel like they are kind of the tip of the tail for millennial slang before you move into Z slang.

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Havah_Lynah@reddit

👍🏻

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akadebso@reddit

You have gen xers and millennials that use gen z and alpha slang and it doesn’t make it gen x. There are a few examples of things in this threat that aren’t correct but I think some of it has to do with what region ppl are from. Im from nyc and you have ppl attributing slang we created long ago to generations that didn’t create it lol. But downvote me. I know what im talking about but whatever.

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Guest1019@reddit

This made me laugh way harder than it should have. Nearly shit myself.

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ApexDP@reddit

On fleek is so 2012

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Shrikecorp@reddit

Cap. No cap.

Added bonus, drives your 20 year old nuts.

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caternicus@reddit

Period! I love gen z slang! I'm a HS teacher so I've been keeping up since yolo, but nothing is quite so apt as this new iteration of the language. I can explain tone in a piece of poetry as "the vibes" and everyone gets it.

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The_Great_19@reddit

Yes, but I appreciate that “word” has not necessarily gone away, and I wholly claim that as GenX.

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monsterlynn@reddit

Word to the motherfuckah.

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AndYouDidThatBecause@reddit

Word up

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monsterlynn@reddit

It's the code word

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JLMezz@reddit

Yup. Still use it for the right occasion.

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diwalk88@reddit

Are they trying to claim "word"?! That's been around since the 90s at least. My friends and I all say it ironically and have since back then

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The_Great_19@reddit

No, I don’t feel like anyone else is trying to claim it, just that I like that people still use it, and sometimes unironically. ‘80s hip-hop culture is how I know of it, IIRC.

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cathearder1@reddit

Bruh, no cap.

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j33@reddit

"crash out" it just works well to describe what too many people are doing online when things don't go their way.

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Talynen@reddit

The non-slang version of "mid" is mediocre.

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KittyMcBean@reddit

Bet.

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maharg2017@reddit

I had to ask a friend what the hell this meant a few weeks ago. Lol

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ExtraAd7611@reddit

You can save face by checking urban dictionary.

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maharg2017@reddit

I asked an old friend. Haha

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Upper_Produce881@reddit

Spoon was using that 17 years ago

Don’t you evah starts off with it

Their our age

Bet is ours

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PopularBonus@reddit

I feel cooler already!

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KittyMcBean@reddit

Amen!!!

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TonyBrooks40@reddit

'Bet' is pretty old. I think a guy used that in college in the early 90s

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sayhi2sydney@reddit

That was around in the 90s.

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luniz420@reddit

not the way they use it now

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sayhi2sydney@reddit

The way I hear it used in my neck of the woods is the same way we used it 100 years ago. How are your peeps using it?

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KittyMcBean@reddit

I grew up in rural Ohio. We were catching up with the 70s by the time the 90s rolled around 🤣🤦‍♀️

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Mamapalooza@reddit

Omg, I say vibe way too often for a 52-year-old with arthritis in my hand.

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West-Veterinarian-53@reddit

Mid. Sus. Say less. Be so for real right now.

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Cerimeadar@reddit

Like totally

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SackBadger2024@reddit

"Catching strays" is my favorite, I somehow end up the villain in almost every story even though I have nothing to do with it. Hence Im catching stray bullets.

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7LeagueBoots@reddit

That vastly predates Gen Z

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kittenpantzen@reddit

A whole shitload of gen z slang is just AAVE that's been around for ages the popularizing of it into white American culture is the Gen z component

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Next-Implement9894@reddit

It always gives me a cackle seeing phrases and words enter the gen-z lexicon that have been part of my AAVE lexicon for 15-20 years.

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MichelleEvangelista@reddit

This. Alllll if this is old to us, LOL

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Next-Implement9894@reddit

Right? There are so many phrases that get reheated and I’m thinking, “I thought we moved on from this years ago?”. It is pretty wild.

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luckylimper@reddit

It’ll be stuff my 70+ mom says and I’m like this is not new.

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a_new_leaf_2020@reddit

BULLSEYE RIGHT HERE. AAVE and/or queer culture and they're clueless and think they invented it all.

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SackBadger2024@reddit

give an old man a break, i try to keep up and then someone hits the flip it switch and shit goes sideways.

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nonotburton@reddit

A few pieces. Probably 6-7.

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cookingismything@reddit

Sus and if something is tasty then it slaps

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MeiLing_Wow@reddit

“Low key’- It’s useful to this 50 yo😄

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EquivalentPace3448@reddit

I despise ”low-key”. I think the kids at my school use that in every sentence, and it’s grating, haha.

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3-orange-whips@reddit

Low key is old AF on god

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twig0sprog@reddit

Unc status fr

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shaun_of_the_south@reddit

Fr fr

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gmgvt@reddit

But where the kids now use "low key," we would have said "for real" -- right?

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3-orange-whips@reddit

Perhaps. Who knows.

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haveanapfire@reddit

It might be younger millennial, but I like yeet. That word is fun to say.

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1upjohn@reddit

I like using mid and yeet but still don't understand based.

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anonuemus@reddit

mid is meh

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SmellyBaconland@reddit

I give new terms a decade first. Usually they're gone by then. Remember "cringe"?

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13maven@reddit

Yes, to banter with my kid. He thinks it’s hilarious. I love to make him laugh.

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Hour-Bag5327@reddit

When you getting up son? 6,7

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maxka1@reddit

Low key kinda

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Amateur_TimeTraveler@reddit

This might be more millennial than Gen Z but I have fully adopted “it’s giving”

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LogicalStomach@reddit

I like "rizz" and "fam".

I've been hearing "da fuq" since the 80's. "Enflique" (from which "on fleek" derives) predates all of us.

I think the words "mediocre" and "middling" express what "mid" means, but better.

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Reachforthesky777@reddit

Sure but mostly because some of it is fun. The rest I adopted to fick with the Zoomers in my life.

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killslikeaninja@reddit

My GenX reply to this is, “Fuck no!”

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SciFi_Wasabi999@reddit

Sus, mid, fire - yes

Giving, slaps, crash out, bet - no

Riz is acceptable but I would not use it personally because I am way too old.

Using colorway instead of just saying color is stupid.

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Disastrous-Item5867@reddit

Nah brah

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JillBeanBean@reddit

One of my Gen Z coworkers asked a boomer coworker to repeat what he said b/c she didn’t hear it (he is very soft-spoken). He looked a bit annoyed and then she said, “You talk in lower case.” I thought that was a very cool expression.

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Hardjaw@reddit

I like saying things are Fire.

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Myfreakinglyfe@reddit

Bet

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brickerjp@reddit

Whatever

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LowMobile7242@reddit

My son and I were having.a.snack and I told him the chips are fire. He kinda did a turtle head on me and said okay mom, yeah they are, correct usage. Haha.

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Typical_Version_7487@reddit

I’m sure quite a bit.

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Timely-Youth-9074@reddit

I’m not saying I’m “in the loop” but because I was totally out of the loop late 1990’s to mid 2010’s, I’m more familiar with things from the past 10 years than any of the Millennial stuff.

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exp397@reddit

low key.

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citygirldc@reddit

I am also a mid enthusiast. Mid really doesn’t have a good equivalent. Mediocre feels like just a degree below mid so that they’re not quite synonyms.

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ExGomiGirl@reddit

I like yeet - “if that screaming ankle biter in the next aisle doesn’t shut his pie hole, I’m gonna yeet him into produce.”

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garitone@reddit

I think 'mid' is useful, but you can pry 'meh' from my cold, Simpsons loving, Gen X hands!

https://i.redd.it/w4s64awrcrvf1.gif

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marticcrn@reddit

Sus. Mid. Idk, is sketch Gen Z or millennial?

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ShutYourDumbUglyFace@reddit

Meh

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jimmythebartender_@reddit

YEET is a great word for throwing something.

“I yeeted the garage out” Or when you throw a ball “Yeet!”

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pbenchcraft@reddit

Not any - deadass

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aarontsuru@reddit

Mid is such a good one.

And I love using some things wrong on purpose. Before my youngest moved out on her own, she'd be like "Can we get pizza tonight?" I'd reply, "heck yeah, I'm DTF!"

She would wince & cringe SO HARD!

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ScarletDarkstar@reddit

Down to feed, right? Hahahaha

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aarontsuru@reddit

Haha!

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plexxer@reddit (OP)

Deliciously Topped French-bread-pizza? Yes, please! Need that D!

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aarontsuru@reddit

haha!

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Kid_supreme@reddit

Unironically, no. To irritate gen Z? Yes.

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mjh8212@reddit

I got cringe and delulu from my daughter. Those are a regular part of my vocabulary now.

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BrokenHeart1935@reddit

Wife and I used “6 7” in front of our kid and her friends at her 18th birthday party…

Pretty sure she wanted to crawl in a hole and die immediately 😂

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MisterEvilBreakfast@reddit

I used to say skibidi around my fam 24/7 but now I only say it 6-7

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SaintStephen77@reddit

Bet, lol

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DryFoundation2323@reddit

Only ironically around my kids.

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6mcdonoughs@reddit

6 7

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Cook_New@reddit

There are probably six, seven I’ve adopted.

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OwslyOwl@reddit

I still say “dude” lol.

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Viridian_Cranberry68@reddit

I'm still trying to resurrect "Poser".

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JLMezz@reddit

Ah yes. I believe the correct spelling is “poseur.”

Poseur: Someone who Pretends to be something/someone they are not.

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Viridian_Cranberry68@reddit

POSER. a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people

-Encyclopedia Britannica

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pepper471@reddit

Bet

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kalitarios@reddit

I say facts sometimes instead of true, but that may just be because my partner is a millennial

I've been saying that's wild a lot more, and things like savage or diabolical

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kamshaft11975@reddit

Yup. Cap/No-cap. Cooked. Rizz. Bussin. Slay, etc. Not that hard and fun seeing what the latest gen uses for slang. Put me in my daughter’s “cool AF book”, and I use it sparingly with her. Adapt, evolve.

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giraffe-zackeffron@reddit

I say “awesome sauce” a lot. No clue which generation it belongs to, but I use it often.

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UpOrDownItsUpToYou@reddit

"Bro" has started to overtake "dude" in my personal lexicon

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JLMezz@reddit

NEVAH!!! I am Team Dude FOREVER. I will die on this hill.

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UpOrDownItsUpToYou@reddit

I've found it difficult to resist. It feels like absorbing an accent when you move... Not altogether unpleasant but a little disorienting.

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IllustriousCrew2641@reddit

Used to say “bro” all the time in the 90’s. Then studiously avoided saying it for decades because it was cringe. Now it’s back in my lexicon with a vengeance (though now I say it to women/girls and I particularly enjoy being able to do that, especially in “bruh” form).

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ImaginaryEmploy2982@reddit

Same. Not on purpose, it just happened!

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JLMezz@reddit

None. Just… can’t. But I am more than happy to use our Gen-X slang all the time with my teens: Dingus Rad Word Right on Dude What’s your damage? Bogart Goober In your face!

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LibraryGoddess@reddit

I have been teaching high school for over 30 years, and I use some of the current slang, mainly to troll teenagers because it's fun. So I'll use mid, lock in, ate, slay, slaps, fit, chat, and some others mainly to give cringe vibes.

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JLMezz@reddit

Grateful parents thank you for your service. 🫡

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Jimathomas@reddit

Mid and cooked are all I'm allowed to use. I tried "slapped/slaps", and was told I'm not allowed to anymore by my Zoomer daughter. I cannot say:
"Wow, this burger slaps!"
But I can say:
"Wow, this burger goes hard."

They will never take "groovy" or "gnarly" away from me, though, no matter how much I get made fun of.

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Havah_Lynah@reddit

“This burger is all that and a bag of chips! Fo shizzle, my nizzle.”

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JLMezz@reddit

As Snoop said in a sketch on SNL, “… and remember: ‘nizzle’ don’t mean ‘neighbor.’”

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Jimathomas@reddit

Totally!

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Havah_Lynah@reddit

Rad.

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scottwricketts@reddit

I've got 16, 14, and 13 year olds in my home, so yeah. Peak. Mid. Extra. Sus. Fire. Slaps. Crashing out.

They've come up with some good stuff.

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JLMezz@reddit

OMG - same age kids for me - and it’s the youngest who throws ALL the words around ALL the time. Even her sibs are like, “Give it a rest, bruh.” 😆

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MichelleEvangelista@reddit

They've come up with some good stuff.

These terms existed lonnnng before them. Ask your Black friends 😏

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scottwricketts@reddit

It's where most cool shit in America comes from.

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East-Garden-4557@reddit

And yet we aren't all in America and still managed to develop our own slang

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akadebso@reddit

Extra and fire are millenial slang

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ImaginaryEmploy2982@reddit

Extra has been around forever

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CatNamedZelda@reddit

Crashing out is a good one. I say that one a lot lol

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PuzzleheadedAbies678@reddit

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No cap, makes the kids think im sus when i say it to drive them nuts but it's bussin (egad I hope I said that right)

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CapinWinky@reddit

The weird part about 67 is it's police code for report of a dead body in Philly, it's origin, but kids have no idea what it means. It's just another skibbidy toilet brain rot to them.

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JLMezz@reddit

Interesting! My husband grew up in Philly… I will have to quiz him on this. 🤨

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fyrie@reddit

I'm old. Cap to me is poppin a cap in you ass.

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JLMezz@reddit

Same.

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RagingPanda392@reddit

No cap?

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3-orange-whips@reddit

On god

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worrymon@reddit

No cap, makes the kids think im sus when i say it to drive them nuts but it's bussin (egad I hope I said that right)

Except for the 'egad.' I don't think many kids use that word.

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VA1255BB@reddit

Yeah, that's more Victorian. 😂

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3-orange-whips@reddit

Generation V

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Bromodrosis@reddit

You're doing too much, bruh.

(Low key love the vibe)

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drinkslinger1974@reddit

Gen Z slang is cap

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Traditional_Cat8120@reddit

Stupid ass BRO and I hate it 🙄

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PoeticFury@reddit

At Disneyland, strictly to make my teen cringe, I announced loudly that it was low key fire that the little mermaid ride made Triton a zaddy with the riz.

She turned bright red and informed me I was never to say those words again.

So I repeated it and laughed and laughed as she wanted to sink into the floor.

Good times.

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ReverendDizzle@reddit

But for real though. Triton is a zaddy.

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Havah_Lynah@reddit

Reminds me of the time my dad referred to some actress as “a hottie” and I was so embarrassed.

Lol, it’s our turn now!

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archedhighbrow@reddit

idk

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Mr_Shizer@reddit

Hella yea?

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drhappy13@reddit

I was a little creeped out when someone at work said, "I gotchu, my guy"

I'm a friendly guy but that just felt a little too familiar from a coworker that I didn't know.

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JuracichPark@reddit

I love and will forever use 'yeet'.... Other than that I don't pick up on too much 🤣 which is kind of weird considering I work in a high school. But I don't actually interact with the kids much so that doesn't help

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drhappy13@reddit

Have you guys heard '67' yet?

I heard it for the first time on South Park this week. Still have no idea wtf it means... 😂

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drhappy13@reddit

Tho technically, I believe it's gen alpha slang.

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Majestic_Dog1571@reddit

Meh, 6-7? hand gestures BRUH! I have a Gen Alpha kid so I pick up their slang and it’s pretty cringe to see their reactions when the olds use their language. It’s hilarious. Everyone should try it!

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GarionOrb@reddit

Not really. I think "yeet" is an amusing word, but I forget to use it. It just refuses to become part of my vernacular, lol. I am seeing my friends starting to use "rizz" and I hate it. They don't even have kids!

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rewardingsnark@reddit

Never interacted with anyone so don't much slang from any generation unless it's in movies.

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deeare73@reddit

Literally, no

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scottypotty79@reddit

I’m dead

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New_Writer_484@reddit

really? No other words? Mediocre, so-so, meh, average. okay.

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Long-Screen-4745@reddit

All hot dogs are glizzy's now

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lushspice@reddit

Bro

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Spare-Engineer5487@reddit

67

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BigDaddyUKW@reddit

Mid has been in my vocabulary for a long time, it was a derivative of "mid-grade" which described bud that was average at best, along with other uses. I'd say it goes back to my college days from 1999-2003.

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notabadkid92@reddit

Cooked & bet is about it

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JackieDaytona7@reddit

Skibidi hayl naw!

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Unlikely-Solid-3083@reddit

Not sure if it’s Gen Z but I love to randomly say “____ be like that, don’t it?” In a work convo. It always get a surprised look followed by a little smile.

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RG1527@reddit

6 7 sigma rizzler

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binah1013@reddit

It may be more millennial, but I love how vibe is used these day. "He's just vibing..." or it's such a vibe. Or he lives on vibes, not facts.

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Efficient-Career-829@reddit

Same. I use vibe whenever possible. Cause I do like how it’s being used but also… As outlandishly as possible. My teen has not yet picked up on my slightly tongue in cheek usage.

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Rudyjax@reddit

Yes. Lowkey. Lol.

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londongas@reddit

Bro, sus, cooked, mid, I'm all for it

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SaebraK@reddit

Mid was from the anime crowd. The z's may have picked it up, but we've been using it for 15+ years.

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shelllllo@reddit

All I think of with “skibidi” is “skibidi be bop and Christopher Reeves,” etc., from Eminem.

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VeniceDrumGuy@reddit

Gen Z slang is lit fam.

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Vanth_in_Furs@reddit

Sup chat.

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LariRed@reddit

I’m still on GenX slang from 1983. GenZ don't even exist yet.

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knitpurlknitoops@reddit

I insist that the past tense of ‘yeet’ is ‘yote’, mostly because it makes my son roll his eyes.

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akillerofjoy@reddit

I can’t even figure out my own Gen X slang. No cap.

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WordleFan88@reddit

I find that a singular "blah" does the same thing.

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thisoldguy74@reddit

My fun game was listening to segments on sports radio where they would go back and break down the origins of some older memes and viral stuff. (There aren't relevant sports topics 24-7 all year long, let's be honest)

I'd suddenly start using references that were out of date as if they were current and my kids were scratching their heads like where is dad getting "it's free real estate" suddenly. Cause no one was still using it. After about 2 or 3 rounds of this, they just expected that dad was tapped into an even cooler time machine.

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jepeplin@reddit

Mid, -maxxed, “it’s giving” I have adopted. They can take my hella from my cold, dead hands.

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Dogyears69@reddit

Only to use it wrong and torture the kids

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tbonita79@reddit

Cringe I guess. I use others as a joke like when I wana put 2 things together I “ship” them. My gen z’s roll their eyes.

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AnnaT70@reddit

I literally just texted this exact thing with a friend. "mid" is irreplaceable, don't know what we did without it. It seems like "mediocre" should be a synonym...but somehow it's not!

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Lady-Kat1969@reddit

Yep. If it’s become common enough that I know it, it’s fair game.

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Longjumping-Comb3080@reddit

Calling everyone bro; including the dog! Lol I admit that I have always been a big fan of calling everyone dude. Lol

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monkeytc@reddit

No. Nor millenial slang. Tbh idk if i use ANY slang lol???!!

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2treks@reddit

I used Low Key on a conference call the other day. I was like bruh.

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Embarrassed_Word_542@reddit

Cap, sus, pause, yeet, mid, all in the toolbox now. And it’s great for clearing a room.🤣

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GenXMillenial@reddit

Sus and bet - mostly because I have kids and those terms make the most sense to me

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PairPrestigious7452@reddit

I use "period" fairly often, "mid" too. Occasionally I'll break out "Bussin'" but my kids give crap about that one.

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GraticuleBorgnine@reddit

Yes, but ironically, of course.

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izzy_americana@reddit

Mid, cap, cringe, crash-out

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LilDigaKnow@reddit

You betcha

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cofeeholik75@reddit

ick.

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LittleMoonBoot@reddit

I’ll use something likely once it has reached the common lexicon and isn’t cool anymore.

Anything with vibes or doing a vibe check isn’t too awkward. Vibes talk of any kind has been around a while.

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Rare_Cauliflower_330@reddit

I mainly use fam and sus. Most of the words I use are either from early Gen X days or from my son. He makes words up all the time. He calls his stomach his "to go box" and he says speznif for expensive. I have a ton of "son-isms". Lol

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rosmaniac@reddit

Yes, actually I have.

Full Send it is an expression I've grown rather fond of. If you know, you know, right? Yeet is a pretty cool word, too. Some of these expressions hit different; that's a really good one, even if it should have an -ly attachment. (lol-ly)

Some Gen Z slang is awfully cringe, of course, and if I ever start saying skibidi you'll know I've gone cheugy.

(My two youngest kids are Gen Z and I've gotten that vibe.)

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Ok_Explorer604@reddit

I love yeet. I cannot use that word and not smile or laugh afterwards. Used to recently on two kids I was rock climbing with and the shocked look they had on their faces was priceless.

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Le_Mew_Le_Purr@reddit

I will forever associate Yeet with that old clip of the chimpanzees throwing a raccoon out of their zoo enclosure 😂

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tehfrod@reddit

Of course.

You have two choices: stay locked into the slang from a fixed time period, or remain flexible and adapt new vocabulary as it comes along.

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scarier-derriere@reddit

Dude is 4 evR

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indrid_cold@reddit

I said "yeah everybody's crashing out these days" to a youngling and it caught him off guard.

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Intelligent-Ad8436@reddit

Bruh low key, I think that is dead ass right!

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horrorchic1217@reddit

gif

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spyrogira08@reddit

I don’t regularly interact with GenZ folks (kids/nieces/nephews are barely speaking, work has hired sparingly since 2022). I don’t naturally adopt slang that is less expressive than I would like to be. So there’s very little pressure for me to adopt the slang.

As an example, I understand “mid”, but I’ll choose “mediocre” or “passable” or “unremarkable” based on whether I want to imply “disappointing” or “good enough” or “just average”. I don’t have an issue with “mid”, but I have no incentive to use it.

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nrith@reddit

I use “bruh” a million times a day when talking to my kids. It’s the new “dude.”

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Sibby_in_May@reddit

Vibe

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Melodic_Duck_6064@reddit

Only ironically to annoy my daughter.

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SuspiciousMeat6696@reddit

No. I've adopted Pauly Shore speak

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plexxer@reddit (OP)

Muchin' on some grindage.

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Flukie42@reddit

Buh-dy

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Havah_Lynah@reddit

Wea-sel.

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-NachoBorracho-@reddit

Weezin’ the ju-uuuuuice

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JettaRider077@reddit

Facts!

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cagirlinoh@reddit

I do enjoy “sus” but that’s it.

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Turdulator@reddit

I say “bro” and “bruh” a lot nowadays.

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Obvious-Judge3804@reddit

I’m going backwards, calling things “groovy”, referring to songs as a “stone groove”, and things are “right on”. All of this is new for me and it’s largely involuntary. I think as you age you lose your slang control cortex. You dig?

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No_Dance1739@reddit

No. Gen Z adopted what we said back in the 1990s: bet, sus, slay, ick, ghost, Stan, dank, finna, fam, salty, boujee, simp, woke, bop, catch these hands. To name a few.

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Turdulator@reddit

Me and my friends were using “mid” back in the late 90s and early 2000s. It came from pot culture… better than schwag, worse than chronic.

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3-orange-whips@reddit

Well, average and mid mean the same thing so…

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oddball_ocelot@reddit

I like yeet. I really do. It sounds exactly like what it means. I'm good with ruining yeet by having the old people use it.

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introvert_tea@reddit

Yes. My kids are Gen-Z, plus I game, so I play with all generations. I've picked up some Gen-Alpha phrases too.

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excitabledude@reddit

Being trill is a onomatopoeia

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JediDad1968@reddit

"Thanks, I appreciate you" instead of " Thanks, I appreciate it. "

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bike619@reddit

I would have also said "mid" but the problem is that it doesn't actually mean mid anymore in most of the contexts I see... it means trash, so it doesn't even communicate the sentiment I intend now.

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littlemama9242@reddit

I find myself saying "cooked" a lot. Most other slang I mostly use to annoy my 14 year old

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IDEKWTSATP4444@reddit

Yeah. My kids taught me the difference between cooked, and cooking. Lol

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Doc-Goop@reddit

I like slay but I don't hear em using it much anymore

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RustyDingleberries@reddit

Fuck those whipper snappers. It’s not worth my effort.😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Zealousideal_Let_439@reddit

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mfk_1974@reddit

'Crashing out' is used pretty regularly by everyone in our house.

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diwalk88@reddit

Again, this is super old. I grew up saying this

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Sabbathius@reddit

I quite like "cooked", especially in summer and in context of looming global climate catastrophe. It just works.

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diwalk88@reddit

That's not new lol

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sanctimoniousmods_FU@reddit

Bruh. 6/7?

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1noahone@reddit

Good music “slaps”

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orange-butter-cat@reddit

Yeah I have two teenagers and it just happens. But on the bright side they have adopted some of mine as well.

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SHELLIfIKnow48910@reddit

I used to be in retail management, so most of our employees were HS and college students. I picked up ALL the slang doing that. My kids are grown now, but we call each other bro, bruh, dog, and we all yeet things. I know a lot of parents hate being called bro but I never cared. We have a close relationship and they are according me the same respect they accord to their friends - that’s fine by me.

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Zealousideal_Let_439@reddit

Yeah fam.

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Repulsive_Client_325@reddit

Low key, you guys are cooked bruh. Gen alpha slang is peak. No cap. I get much aura speaking to my kids like this. Yessssir.

PS - 6-7.

Love,

Dad, The Rizzler.

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Beefgrits@reddit

I might have before they butchered crash out, fuck them and all their sayings.

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athey@reddit

I say Oof a lot thanks to my kids basically using it constantly for more than a decade. ‘Oh damn, that sucks’ is just Oof now.

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Lumpy-Veterinarian23@reddit

I’m GenX so obviously I use it ironically.

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mvscribe@reddit

My kids are teenagers so I'm immersed in it. I like to torment them by using "low key" and "mid" at every opportunity.

6 7

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GnomieOk4136@reddit

I am a teacher. I use it regularly to torment the children.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit

I use " touch grass", " Zatty" and " eat a bag of dicks" . Not sure if those are Gen Z.

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ChaoticGoodPanda@reddit

Mid, Rizz and No Cap

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tabbyabby2020@reddit

I know vibes is older than gen z, but I think it really has merit.

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kramwest1@reddit

This post is sus AF. Bet.

(Ugh, I hate myself.)

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youreusingyourwrong@reddit

No.

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LeanUntilBlue@reddit

I do some GenA…

Six….

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10MileHike@reddit

personally. i liked beatnik slang, but never use it.

But really, you see a group of musician's musicians. old guys playing the best jazz you ever heard, at a venue like The Village Vangaurd or Birdland in NYC in the 60s, and i simply cannot find a better decription for them than "cool cats"

cuz...that is what they ARE.

I have zero desire to ERASE important cultural and art influences and vocabulary apbcause it tends to "dissapear" the very things that the slang describes?

There are no currebpnt slang words i find truly appropriate foe being in a venue with charlie parker or dizzy gillepsie, except how THEY talked about each other.

Why would i want to use a 2025's word for that?

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10MileHike@reddit

and p.s. I never used the word "epic" ...and never wanted to. lol

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DancingWithMyshelf@reddit

Why is every comment on here "but that slang is older" when we didn't invent shit either. Most slang is context and phrasing, not inventing new words. Now get off my lawn while I scream at clouds!

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ClusterfuckyShitshow@reddit

I got my environmental director to tell his kid (who is a few years older than mine) that our dinner was "bussin'" like five years ago.

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VladSuarezShark@reddit

Baahhh! Eshaaay bah?

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bg99999@reddit

I’m locked in

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anti-ayn@reddit

Locked in is also a great one.

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anti-ayn@reddit

Mid is rock-solid. I slipped a bit into "it's giving Cure vibes" the other day which felt confusing. But I teach high school so I'm inundated with slang.

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ButterQueen_McFly@reddit

I die a little on the inside whenever I hear anyone over the age of 45 use “fire” to describe something “cool”.

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Almost_human-ish@reddit

Only to annoy my youngest...

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BlueLighthouse9@reddit

The fact so many of us do this to troll our children amuses me to no end.

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EidolonRook@reddit

Mood.

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LazySushi@reddit

Mostly just ironically in front of my stepkids and all the time when I was teaching middle school. I was so proud the day I completed a parenting goal of mine of making my kid leave the room entirely in embarrassment/disgust at their Dad and I using their slang!

I can’t remember the exact conversation since it has happened a couple of times and a while ago, but the gist was their Dad said something like “no cap” and when they groaned I told them “let him cook, fam” with a follow up of “chat don’t to be jealous Dad has all the rizz”.

When I told my boyfriend about it he decided to do the same with his son (younger gen z than my other stepkids). His son said “Dad, you’re not allowed to say that!”

I highly recommend other parents consider doing the same. It’s a great outcome.

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melty75@reddit

Slaps

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Initial-Succotash-37@reddit

Situationship. Slay.

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Famous_Tumbleweed346@reddit

I love "it's giving" as short for "it reminds me of" "it seems similar to" or it being a reference.

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nugporn@reddit

I don’t think “mids” is a gen z thing because genx stoners said it long ago to describe weed that wasn’t great. The word is used outside the weed meaning these days but the meaning is the same.

Example: This guys smokes mids.

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BigAndTall1968@reddit

Years ago when my son was around twelve, I threw the "fo shizzle my dizzle" line at him. He looks at me completely serious and says "What did we say about you talking like that?"
I died!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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BuffyTheMoronSlayer@reddit

I work with teenagers and they appreciate when I drop Gen Z slang into conversations. I like “lock in” personally

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Significant-Ad5783@reddit

Only to annoy/embarrass my kids

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JoeyKino@reddit

OK, so how is "mediocre" not the same as "mid"? Because that's how my internal translation has been going, but maybe it's not translating accurately...

Cap = bullshit

Sus = MFer, are you serious?

Skibidi = random noise meant to annoy "the old people"

Extra = Calm the F down

Bussin = DAMN (in a good way, but for food/fun)

Rizz = DAMN (in a good way, but for people)

Mid = Mediocre

Is my translator broken?

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P_Fossil@reddit

No, “mid” does mean “ mediocre” – it’s just a connotation thing. As someone said above, mid conveys that something is so mediocre you can’t even bother saying mediocre.

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JoeyKino@reddit

So it really IS just mediocre, but with an extra douche-y attitude.

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RoseyGray@reddit

Jesus. Thank you for this. I had to scroll this far down before I understood any of this.

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ChillmerAmy@reddit

I say “it’s giving” a lot, is that Gen Z? I also say mid.

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monsterlynn@reddit

I think it's more Mellenial drag queen slang. So is slay.

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nayters@reddit

Possibly. I'm on Tumblr a lot, so I may have soaked up some words unwittingly.

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Middle_Raspberry2499@reddit

I’m fond of “snack” and “banger” but I don’t use them

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genXrating@reddit

Fire, low-key, legit

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Error262_USRnotfound@reddit

only to be super "cringe"

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zealot_ratio@reddit

mid is just meh.

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monsterlynn@reddit

I think mid is more acceptable than meh. Meh is slightly more dismissive.

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eatingganesha@reddit

loads.

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LastCenturyModern@reddit

Sup with the wack PlayStation sup?

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LunMapJacBay@reddit

I have teenagers so we have a fun time talking about it. I’ve definitely picked up some, partly to make my kids laugh but partly because I hear it all the time. Bro! We’re cooked! It’s giving!

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monsterlynn@reddit

I think a lot of their slang is shortened versions of ours. Cap comes from capping. Sus is just suss which is UK/Aussie slang that migrated. Word. Bro/bruh (easier sound to form with the mouth than a long O). Slaps I'm gonna guess comes back to so good you'll wanna slap yo momma.

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jcostello50@reddit

Cringe as an adjective. Maybe that's millennial, though.

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sodascouts@reddit

I think it's Gen Z. It's the one I use. So much more effective than cringeworthy.

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laundryandblowjobs@reddit

Is feeling "some kind of way" gen z?

I like that one for its vagueness, but I'm not sure how old it is.

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shotsallover@reddit

“Glaze” is a good one.

There’s another that I use regularly, but which word it is escapes me right now.

“Bet” still feels weird to say.

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tango421@reddit

Sus, mid, giving, and low key. I’ll admit I mix it with older slang just thoroughly offend some people.

I probably understand more than I use.

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Designer-Mirror-7995@reddit

I like "yeet" and don't mind using it

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Euphoric-Blueberry97@reddit

I love “bet”. It’s so concise. “Hey Mom, can you bring that box I left when you come over? “Bet.” Pretty sure my kid hates it.

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Joyjmb@reddit

'Letting someone cook' is a little fun.

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AssMasterXL@reddit

I think "cooked" is very funny. I try to use it but always forget until its too late lol

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nataylor7@reddit

I like ‘chat’. I haven’t used it but it fills a lyrical whole. And where did ‘mood’ go? It’s was easier to say than explain ‘resting bitch face’. My issues is the gen that made the slang miss using their own terms. It’s weird being an older gen cringing at them and you can’t really explain why it’s wrong because you then sound like your (lack of a better term) man-splaining.

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glennis_pnkrck@reddit

Only when it embarasses my kids.

(I am also a big fan of mid.)

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drhagbard_celine@reddit

Mid is a good one, ngl.

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tigers692@reddit

No, I look at their lingo as stupid as my grandparents looked at mine.

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unclejoe1917@reddit

Fire, slaps, mid, glizzies (I really love that one), sus...

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apost8n8@reddit

I'm finding it pretty fun to be completely out of touch and not giving a fuck!

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dirtybird971@reddit

Cringe has replaced "gay" in my vocabulary.

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nixtarx@reddit

For real for real has been around at least since the late 80s, when I first heard it.

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Low_Cook_5235@reddit

Noice

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highnumber@reddit

That's been around a loooong time, like I remember it from the 1980s and, I just checked, you can find Charles Dickens using it.

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leebeemi@reddit

I did the opposite & started using really old-fashioned slang like, "Get on the trolley!" & "That's the cat's pajamas!" Drove my son crazy!

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Designer-Effort-1426@reddit

The stare.

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SirG33k@reddit

Only to embarrass my gen z kids..

I still have no idea what it means, but when I say skibidy toilet they go running as far as humanly possible away from me.

Sure, I could look it up.. but what's the fun in that, using it wrong just to make them wince... I win!

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jbellafi@reddit

Sus, the Tea, Yeet, Cringe. These are probably already outdated. I’ll continue to use bc I like them!

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lauramich74@reddit

Mom of a kid on the cusp of Z and Alpha. I find the use of “cringe” as an adjective (“That outfit is cringe”) remarkably useful.

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Advanced_Nose_7738@reddit

Cap -a lie.

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gacoug@reddit

Yes because I have Gen Z kids

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jwezorek@reddit

I'm not around a lot of Gen Z's but used to work with a lot of Millennials (before the WFH era) from their slang I like using "nope" as a verb, like "I noped out of that meeting." and "thirsty" to mean "horny for".

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Technical-Job6584@reddit

Their slabs lasts 2 weeks tops before it's not cool again to use. Too much to keep up with.

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notyourmama827@reddit

My kids are gen Z. So, yes, I have .

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Basic-Yesterday-5641@reddit

Is ‘yeet’ Gen Z? Because I use that one a fair bit nowadays.

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Here_In_Yankerville@reddit

Bruh

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spikelike@reddit

something is always coded

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tireworld@reddit

6 7.

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I_Died_Once@reddit

I like to randomly exclaim "Skibidi Toilet!" on occasion

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Tess47@reddit

Ah! Finally I can share with people who know. I invented a phrase - Ying Yang and Yeet. Because sometimes ya gotta toss that asshole to the curb.

Ya have yo understand yeet to get it.

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AnnieAcely199@reddit

"Bet"

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akadebso@reddit

Nope and I never will

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Bug_Calm@reddit

Some, but my kid is Gen Z.

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QuokkaNerd@reddit

Yes, lots.

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Turbulent_Paint_7733@reddit

No.

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Ecstatic_Pink420@reddit

Bet

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cUnexttuesday2@reddit

My mom will often say FAFO which is short for fuck around and find out. I’m a Gen Z kid with a Gen X mom

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O_Elbereth@reddit

I quite like riz.

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fatkidclutch@reddit

I only use it on my GenX friends since I don't have any kids or anything. Most of them are teachers and it makes them so mad LOL. No cap.

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Laszlo4711@reddit

Yeah don't do that. It sounds silly when older generations use their kids slang. Don't you remember when our boomer parents tried that? Soooo CRINGE 🤣🤣🤣

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typhoidmarry@reddit

I’m never around anyone from Gen Z, do no.

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sarcasmismysuperpowr@reddit

mid is genz? stoners been saying that for a while now

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ZeroWasted@reddit

Definitely said it in the 90s

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Ok_Sundae2107@reddit

I don't recall ever hearing mid until recently. It was always "meh."

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CazzoNoise@reddit

I use Ops and Gang all the time.

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Dead_Inside50@reddit

I'm a high school teacher. I use slang terms in the most middle aged white nerd (which I am) way possible. It is so uncool the kids have stopped using slang around me.

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FlatulousStanko@reddit

As a 48 year old guy, nothing ticks off my daughter more than when I say "I'm just a girl."

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Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit

I say sus and cringe. I accept lowkey when said by others but I can’t bring myself to say it. Slaps is useful. Valid and fair are ok. I say basic and extra but those seem like millennial slang to me.

The rest I would like to toss in the dumpster.

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LetheSystem@reddit

Is "obsessed" Gen Z? Because I'd like to know who to blame for that one. Sorry. Just drives me mad.

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Terrible_Bronco@reddit

I’m cooked

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Parker_Barker_III@reddit

I also use mid constantly.

Not sure which generation these are from, but my oldest (28 - she’s an elder Z or younger millennial, I guess) used them and now I do regularly: obvi, awks, whatevs.

My boss and I were trouble shooting an issue in a client’s books yesterday and we were searching for a certain contract with 67 in it and she typed it in and was like “Six Sev-uuunn!”

And I replied “Six Sev-uuuuunnn!”

She’s 42 and I’m 52 and we both have teenaged girls.

I use most of it tongue in cheek, but also am convinced that it’s keeping me mentally younger than some of my friends who think it’s all beneath them.

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outright_overthought@reddit

“How tall are you?” Me: “I’m 6-7 when I’m standing on my money”

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New-Possession-9248@reddit

I'm a bad parent and generally swear a lot. I use the C bomb in proximity to my kids from time to time, normally when I'm driving, and it never phases them. But recently I called one of them a "sassy bukka" (sic) and they nearly cried. I guess that's more Gen Alpha talk though.

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jpnewbury@reddit

The opposite. I intentionally ONLY use Gen x slang when talking to Gen z. It often activates the blank stare which makes me laugh out loud. Fun times.

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I_miss_giles@reddit

Stole suss

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shadypines33@reddit

I use "sus" occasionally, and my Gen Z kids say it's cringe. LOL

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personfromplanetx@reddit

I’m immature at heart and I like saying goon or Gooning. I wasn’t a fan of the term fapping. Goon is more fun

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OkSeaworthiness251@reddit

Cooked and fried are legitimately funny to me

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elphaba00@reddit

Sus. Crash out.

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12_Season_Curiosity@reddit

Sus

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JustAnOttawaGuy@reddit

Have caught myself using "it sends me".

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eirinne@reddit

That is circa 1950

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PointTemporary6338@reddit

sus

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slcesspee@reddit

Bruh.

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Unusual_Memory3133@reddit

I like Rizz. Also have used Sus. And Yeet. Not really a part of my daily speech but now part of my vocabulary.

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PsychoticMessiah@reddit

That’s so skibidy or sigma.

You got the drip or the rizz.

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stripmallbars@reddit

I took a door mat and slung a stink bug off the porch. I thought “ yeah. Yeeted “

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trmentry@reddit

this would require me to talk to others. pass

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papastvinatl@reddit

Bruh !

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TonyBrooks40@reddit

yeah I like 'mids'. 'Deadass' is ok in small doses where appropriate.

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PsychologicalBend467@reddit

On god, no cap—I’m outta pocket all the time. My kid hates it.

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dudeWhoSaysThings@reddit

All of it, no cap

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BigDamBeavers@reddit

Queens that don't evolve with the changing language are mad sus.

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TheStoicSlab@reddit

No, I’m embracing the younger generations disdain for my lack of pop culture.

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picwic@reddit

This is my sentiment. I knew I was in "the olds" when I used the idiom "small potatoes" and she said "you talk funny."

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TheStoicSlab@reddit

The best part is that they think you are clueless.

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cowboygwe@reddit

Meh 🫤

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inspctrshabangabang@reddit

I just ate some bussing eggs. No cap.

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CKA3KAZOO@reddit

I used to get so much mileage out of "on fleek." When I was teaching English in high school, I could punish a whole class full of teenagers just by using those words in a sentence.

The reaction was immediate and deeply satisfying.

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Equal_Statement_7270@reddit

I find myself saying "That tracks" - does that count?

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scottwricketts@reddit

"That scans."

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Tony_Tanna78@reddit

I have also adopted mid, which is the only Gen Z slang that I like and find fitting for a lot of things.

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MotherDepartment1111@reddit

I have two teenage boys so I find myself constantly calling them Bruh 🙄

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maeryclarity@reddit

Mid is pretty good, On God is pretty good, definitely have adoped sus, I like YAS KWEEN for ironic use

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AdEastern9303@reddit

Yeah.

6-7

Drives my kids absolutely bonkers. They absolutely HATE when I use it. It is especially fun when we are out in public. Even better at school events when we are surrounded by people they know.

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jasonpmcelroy@reddit

I don't need to solicit further eye rolling from my adolescent kids so I have not adopted it. Wife lost her shit when one son told her to stop crashing out during an argument recently.

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Electrical_Turn7@reddit

The phrase ‘it’s sending me’ has existed in Greek slang since I was a teen. Now, I simply use it in both languages, which is convenient! Other than that, ‘sus’ and ‘it’s giving’ feel really familiar, but that is probably because I am a permanent resident of Reddit, ahem.

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jmj2112@reddit

Just “sus”.

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alegna12@reddit

Me too. I did recently use “Bet. No cap” with my stepdaughter to be silly and to confuse her dad.

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allothernamestaken@reddit

With the current state of the world, I find myself saying "cooked" a lot.

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Komaisnotsalty@reddit

I’m not around any to have picked it up but ‘Yeet’ crawled in to my lingo a year or two ago.

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HillbillyEEOLawyer@reddit

So much I can't count.

Sus, extra, vibe, delulu, tea, and GOAT (although I would argue that is not GenZ). I will on occasions ironically use the terms cap or no cap, slay or rizz.

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scottwricketts@reddit

I don't know if "cray cray" is GenZ or Millenial, but that gets a lot of use around here. We have a black cat and she's low key insane. We repeatedly say "Girlfriend is going all cray cray"

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NoYOUGrowUp@reddit

Definitely millennial.

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TheDoorViking@reddit

Can't confirm, but I heard "rizz" made a century-long comeback. Way back from the 1920s.

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DieMensch-Maschine@reddit

Is "wagecuck" and "wagesimp" considered Gen Z slang, because I use those all the time when talking about class inequality.

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Oktodayithink@reddit

I told my kid someone had Riz and she couldn’t believe I even knew the word. And then asked where I learned it

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NoYOUGrowUp@reddit

I referred to some delivery pizza as "mid" to a fellow Gen Xer last night, and she didn't even blink.

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FocalorLucifuge@reddit

Earlier this month, I was teaching medical students (18 - 21), and I used the word "cooked" in a humorous context, which got a good laugh.

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GreatGreenGobbo@reddit

Sus

Crashout

Skibidi (to annoy)

Slaps

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pdxjen@reddit

I like mid and mostly use it to describe food/restaurants that are "mid".
My Gen Z kid does not use any slang and rolls his eyes when use any. I think his soul is Gen X

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eejm@reddit

Plebs. My son starting using that when he was in high school and I rather liked it.

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Delta31_Heavy@reddit

Low key. I use it for everything.

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ssgtdunno@reddit

I’m 45 and trying not to be more cringey than I already am 😆

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rtduvall@reddit

Only to annoy my Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids.

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-Ailynn-@reddit

Although I can understand the lingo easily, I choose to only speak it ironically.

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Tensionheadache11@reddit

6 7 yo

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eKs0rcist@reddit

Isn’t a huge portion of it recycled slang from decades past? Specifically from black America…

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Winter-eyed@reddit

Is “Yeet” gen z or millennial?

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HeyItsMeJC3@reddit

Delulu

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Rocktype2@reddit

Not really, I don’t have the Riz for that skibidi stuff

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Ornamental_oriental@reddit

67

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Kindly-Might-1879@reddit

I don’t know if it’s actually Gen Z but “failed upwards” actually works for me (I equate it to a George Costanza moment)

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MissNancy1113@reddit

I used delulu and my Gen Zer laughed at me.😂

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ffphier@reddit

I had my kids in my 30‘s so I gave a 15 and 13 year old. I use their slang all the time to mess with them. My daughter had friends over the other day, and I had to run out for something. I said I’ll be back between 6 and 7, and they all reacted just like the kids in the last South Park episode.

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Thoughtful_giant13@reddit

‘Low key’ Love that one. Also ‘sus’ and a bit of ‘yeet’ when appropriate.

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B1ustopher@reddit

I have three kids, teens and a preteen.

I find myself saying “Bruh” far more frequently than I care to admit.

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Romanmir@reddit

I'm not super sure when most of these entered my lexicon but my wife and I use "sus" a lot. We also use "Extra" as well.

I'm kinda partial to "cooked" as well as "mid".

Amusingly, I was accused of being GenZ for using the word "Yep" once..

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sayhi2sydney@reddit

Delulu is a fave. Also, I'm not sure who takes credit for this but I love "It's giving..."

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edasto42@reddit

Yup. I really enjoyed the cmon Ty that cheugy was a thing. It really annoyed people when they got labeled that too.

I also like to use fire, mid, cap/no cap and others. I think I skipped a lot of millennial slang in favor too. I found millennial slang to be to immature I guess.

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zardozLateFee@reddit

I love all it but only actually use "low key". It's very useful.

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Sea_Storm9695@reddit

Mid

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Craig1974@reddit

Absolutely not.

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Main_Tension_9305@reddit

Bruh

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Competitive-Watch188@reddit

yeet!

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1tiredmommy@reddit

I’ve been using crash out the way they do But still also use crash like we do meaning tired.

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TSA-Eliot@reddit

No.

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El_Briano@reddit

Not my knowledge, unless something has slipped into my vocabulary. Honestly, I feel like I need a translator for most of it.

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1tiredmommy@reddit

Urban Dictionary is my friend.

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Signal-Present2083@reddit

Cringey

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LazyBookworm@reddit

I enjoy yeet more than I should

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heresyforfunnprofit@reddit

I was very fond of "yeet" whilst it had it's time.

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ExtraAd7611@reddit

I do appreciate dafuq in its written form.

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Comprehensive_Tour23@reddit

“It’s giving”

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w3stw0rld@reddit

Just low key slang

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CadenceQuandry@reddit

More millennial. I will sometimes say YEET or yeeted.

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luniz420@reddit

I fucking hate the way they use "mid". As Duplo said they use it for everything from the worst thing ever to above average. Honestly I try to avoid Gen Z kids online because they're fucking morons.

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8reticus@reddit

I’m so frickin annoyed that goon has been co-opted.

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Bongwater-Mermaid@reddit

Extra, sus, and on fleek

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11anamcara@reddit

67 used to be my birth year but now who knows what it is?

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Ok_Habit6837@reddit

I’m cooked!

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RustyDawg37@reddit

All of it. Even without knowing what it means. Drives em nuts when I have no idea how to use it properly and makes it more funny to me.

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tuberlord@reddit

I've started using "cooked". I don't care if the guy who came up with it has a goofy haircut. It's quality slang.

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cleg74@reddit

Low key same bro.

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Careless-Two2215@reddit

"Fluid" instead of "gay" or "queer". I just learned this was the new preferred term for queer youth yesterday on Wear Purple to Support LGBTQ Youth Day and it's kinda perfect.

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Kuildeous@reddit

"Mid" is appropriate because that sounds like it should be a Gen X thing. We popularized "meh", so "mid" would've been a logical progression. I suppose now I have generational envy that we didn't get "mid."

I unironically appreciate "rizz" as a shortened form of charisma. I'll jokingly use "sus."

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RockShowSparky@reddit

they use mid to mean bad, which makes no sense. Mid should still be decent. Not chronic, but not swag either.

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AHippieDude@reddit

I'd say we're responsible for "mid" actually.

90s to 2000s weed slang

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ccc1942@reddit

I’ve definitely used mid to describe weed back in the day. Mid makes sense though. I could never find myself using skibidi or Ohio as an adjective unironically.

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AHippieDude@reddit

Somewhere between the brick and the kind bud there was "mid"

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Early 2000s and it wasn't us. Millennials.

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Tothinkoutofthenut@reddit

It’s 🔥, heady af

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digawina@reddit

Mid is great. I also enjoy rizz and sus. I also like bussin' but always forget about it.

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

No and I never followed Gen X slang either.

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Ok_Arachnid1089@reddit

Of course. Slang is peak

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All_Bright_Sun@reddit

Everything except "goated" I can't fucking stand "goated"...on god

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digawina@reddit

ooof, my Gen Alpha child drops "goated" all the time. "That pizza is goated!" I mean...I GET it, but it just sounds like a kid who still says things like, "How much pages do I need to read tonight?" (which he does, despite my corrections).

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Upset_Peace_6739@reddit

I don’t think I even know any Gen Z slang. If I do it is entirely accidental.

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Veracious_Me@reddit

Hate to admit it, but I find myself saying (quietly, to myself): "Let's Go"

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Caliopebookworm@reddit

I had to look up Gen Z slang and going to go with no for all.

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kingpin748@reddit

Aura and glaze.

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NGJohn@reddit

Which generation typically uses "Fair" and "Same"? I admit to using those.

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Confident_Win_5469@reddit

Rot or Rotting. I use it all the time to explain my daughter's Sunday plans

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First_Code_404@reddit

6 7 comments. Odd

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Timely-Discussion272@reddit

With the rizz I got, I don’t need Gen Z slang.

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Upper_Produce881@reddit

Stopped using periods

I get it now

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ThroughRustAndRoot@reddit

Cooked

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MotherAthlete2998@reddit

I have started to say “that is sooo last year”.

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SatiesUmbrellaCloset@reddit

I'm reasonably certain that's older than the oldest member of gen z

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MotherAthlete2998@reddit

That is my response to the slang. Imagine being a wanna be hipster being told they are outdated. The looks of confusion….

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Ok_Sundae2107@reddit

Oh hell no. I didn't like a lot of the slang we used back in the day.

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Early-Tourist-8840@reddit

That’s how you end it

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strumthebuilding@reddit

I like “mid,” very useful. Lots of mid shit out there.

Other terms I use ironically since I sound ridiculous taking about “rizz,” and a bonus is that it annoys my Gen Alpha kid. Can’t bring myself to use the variations of “bro,” though, for some reason.

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