List of Generation Z Slang

Re:List of Generation Z Slang by t-writescode on Saturday March 02, 2024 @10:01PM (#39578069)

Wow. A *lot* of these are far older than Gen Z. Like "tea", among others.

And it's not "af" like ahf, it's "A. F."; and "As. F".

This reminds me a bit of those Parenting magazines that got like half the slang or origins wrong

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by add-sub-mul-div on Sunday March 03, 2024 @12:15AM (#39578609)

I never see "af" capitalized or with periods.

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by mturmon on Saturday March 02, 2024 @10:20PM (#39578145)

Related to your parenting magazine comparison: the evergreen hoax, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak#Grunge_speak_word...

My bona fide Gen Z son does not allow me to use any of the words in OP, especially not in front of his friends.

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by paradox242 on Sunday March 03, 2024 @03:21AM (#39579377)

Hey son, you and your fellows are looking full drip, no cap. Remember to be back in time for dinner, your mom is making pork chops, and it is going to be bussing bussing af.

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by culopatin on Thursday March 14, 2024 @01:46AM (#39700899)

Frfr

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by niam on Saturday March 02, 2024 @10:07PM (#39578095)

It's not saying the slang originated there, so much as it is slang that is used by gen Z.

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by t-writescode on Saturday March 02, 2024 @10:15PM (#39578129)

Several of them do say that the slang originated in Gen Z

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by Lornedon on Sunday March 03, 2024 @02:13AM (#39579107)

But the "tea" one, which the parent comment mentions, is described as originating in the 90s. So it's not really a valid example.

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by prng2021 on Sunday March 03, 2024 @12:56AM (#39578802)

TIL that there’s someone in the world who spends the time to type af or asf with caps and periods. L.O.L.

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by bmer on Sunday March 03, 2024 @02:59PM (#39583916)

It's kinda crazy how confident they are about it too.

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Re:List of Generation Z Slang by pavon on Sunday March 03, 2024 @03:16AM (#39579362)

The one that surprised me was yap. I’ve heard that used frequently by at least four generations. Did it fall out of use such that it could repopularized recently?

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