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- Homie. This term is used to refer to a close friend or companion, often someone from the same neighborhood or community. It is a term of endearment and camaraderie.
- Brotha. This term is used to refer to a brother or friend, often someone from the same racial or cultural background. It’s a way to acknowledge a sense of kinship and camaraderie.
- Sis. This term is used to refer to a sister or friend, often someone from the same racial or cultural background. It’s a way to acknowledge a sense of sisterhood and camaraderie.
- Fam. This term is used to refer to family or close friends, often people who are like family. It’s a way to acknowledge a strong bond and connection. For instance, “What’s up, fam?
May 8, 2023 · May 8, 2023, 6:17 AM PDT. A group of teens look at a smartphone. Drew Angerer/Getty Images. The speed slang spreads through social media poses a challenge for anyone trying to keep up. Members of ...
- Henry Blodget
- No Cap
- Cheugy
- Drip
- Hits Different
- Main Character
- Snatched
- Bet
- Skrrt
- Understood The Assignment
- OK Boomer
You’ve likely seen cap and no cap used on social media, but these terms actually pre-date social media and Gen Z by several decades. In Black slang, to cap about something means “to brag, exaggerate, or lie” about it. This meaning dates all the way back to at least the early 1900s. No cap, then, has evolved as another way of saying “no lie” or “for...
Are you cool or are you cheugy? This word, used to describe “uncool” things that are either out of style or trying too hard to be in style, is believed to have been coined in 2013. According to New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz, Californian Gaby Rasson started using cheugy then to describe people who unsuccessfully try to be trendy. The term go...
During previous generations, drip was slang for “an unattractive, boring, or colorless person.” Now, if someone mentions your drip, it’s actually a good thing. Driprefers to your look or style, particularly when it’s considered extremely fashionable or sexy (kind of like a newer version of swag). The origins of this usage are the subject of some de...
Sometimes something is so awesome that it impacts you or inspires you on a whole new level. The proper Gen Z term for this is hits different. In this sense, hit means “to have a marked effect or influence on; affect severely.” For example: That new Adele album just hits different. This usage is believed to have originated in the LGBTQ+ community. M...
Do you ever wish you could be the main character in your favorite movie? Main character, for Gen Z, originated from a TikTok trend in which people post either a montage of their life featuring themselves as the main character or they reenact popular scenes from favorite movies and TV shows.Main character can also refer to someone who is the subject...
RuPaul’s Drag Race may well have been the vehicle that brought this slang term to the mainstream. For Gen Z, snatched means “fierce” or “on point,” particularly when it comes to someone’s hair, makeup, and physical appearance. Historically, snatched is slang from the Black drag community, in which performers often wear artificial hair called weaves...
Are you ready to learn the next slang word? Bet! As you may have guessed from the previous sentence, bet is a term of affirmation, agreement, or approval along the lines of “Cool!” or “I’m down!” It can also be used to express doubt or disbelief. This usage likely originated in Black slang. It’s also even more proof that Gen Z appears to love recyc...
Does slang become less cool if we tell you it’s also an onomatopoeia? Skrrt is supposed to mimic the sound of screeching tires, and it’s used as an interjection. For example, if someone is sharing some juicy gossip, their friend might respond with a skrrt to get them to stop and repeat something exciting they just said. The term has been in use sin...
If you spend time on Twitter, you’ve probably seen tweets about actors who understood the assignment, or were perfectly suited for the role they were playing. This slang phrase is used to mean that someone was successful at or totally nailed something they needed to do. This isn’t limited to famous people. Someone who’s well-dressed or has the exac...
Gen Z and Millennials are two distinct groups, but they found something to agree on with the term OK boomer. Both generations helped popularize the phrase starting in 2019, and it’s still going strong today. OK boomer is used as a clapbackwhen people from older generations post condescending or out-of-touch things about younger generations online. ...
Mar 6, 2024 · 3. Thuggin’. Thuggin’ is a slang term used to describe someone who is involved in criminal activities or behaving in a violent or aggressive manner. It is often associated with street or gang culture. For example, someone might say, “He’s always thuggin’ around, causing trouble.”.
- Fam. Fam is a shorter word for family, but don't be fooled—it can be used to describe your friends or the way Millennials use "bro".
- Glow up. This means a makeover or transformation from bad to good.
- CEO. If you're the CEO of something, it means you've mastered it or you're a pro.
- Cancel Culture. Cancel culture is a form of shaming the actions or opinions of a public figure, company or organization.
Feb 15, 2024 · Sleeping On. Letter Solver is a company that deals with word generation and in 2023, they analyzed over 200 slang terms listed on Urban Dictionary to determine the most popular Gen-Z term among users. "Sleeping on," meaning ignoring or overlooking something, was voted the most-liked term on the list. Use Example: "I'm telling you this artist is ...
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Feb 11, 2024 · Bussin'. Bussin’ means really good. It can be used to describe food, an event, or anything you think is great. Example: “That omelette is absolutely bussin’. 10. Cap / No Cap. Cap is gen z slang that means lie or false. When someone is lying, they are ‘capping’. No cap is the opposite, it means the absolute truth.
