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Gen Z Slang

Everyday Gen Z vocabulary.

IYKYK

If You Know, You Know — a nod to people already in on a reference.

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Fire

Excellent, impressive, extremely good.

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Slaps

Is excellent — used almost exclusively about music, sometimes food.

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Hits Different

Affects you more powerfully than usual, often because of timing or context.

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GOAT

Greatest Of All Time — the best there has ever been at something.

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Glow-Up

A dramatic improvement in appearance, confidence or life circumstances over time.

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Flex

To show off, or the thing being shown off.

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Fit Check

Showing off your outfit, or asking others to rate it.

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Drip

Stylish clothing and accessories — an outfit that signals taste and money.

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Yeet

To throw something with force, or an exclamation shouted while doing it.

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Receipts

Screenshots or other proof backing up a claim about someone.

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Tea

Gossip, or the truth about a situation. "Spill the tea" means share it.

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Snatched

Looking extremely good — sharp, well put together, flattering.

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Shook

Shocked, rattled, emotionally thrown by something.

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Pressed

Unnecessarily upset or bothered about something.

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Salty

Bitter or resentful, usually about losing something small.

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Down Bad

Desperate — usually about a crush, sometimes about life going badly in general.

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Simp

Someone who does excessive favours or flattery for a person they're attracted to, hoping for affection.

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Ick

A sudden, irreversible feeling of repulsion toward someone you were attracted to.

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Gyat

An exclamation of shock at someone's body, usually their backside. Also spelled "gyatt".

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On God

I swear — an oath that what you're saying is true.

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Deadass

Seriously, genuinely — an insistence that you are not joking.

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Fr

For real — agreement, or emphasis that you mean what you said.

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Boutta

About to — a contracted spelling of "about to".

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