Ok boomer = Dismissing someone who is acting too old fashioned/not up to date enough.Įxample: “Girls should have long hair, not short.” “Ok boomer.” Can be used as a synonym for sincerely or seriously.Įxample: “ Your shoes are so cute, no cap.” A one-word caption to say that you (sometimes) feel the same way as what you’re referring to. Mood = The meaning is the same, but the usage is different. Leaving someone on read = Not replying to someone’s message and thus ignoring them.Įxample: “I wasn’t really interested, so I left him on read.”Įxample: “I lowkey have a huge crush on him.” I'm baby."Įxample: “Idgaf what you think about me.” I'm baby = A way to express and/or excuse being needy, helpless, useless, tender in a funny/cute way.Įxample: "I can't do the dishes. Part of a large vocabulary associated with impersonating dogs where you essentially just jumble around words and make them appear silly. Like “grow up” but not referring to age.Įxample: “I had such a glow up last year.” Glow up = Upgrade in terms of appearance. Often used in the expression “weird flex but ok” which refers to when people are showing off something irrelevant or strange.Įxample: “I’m like really good at vacuuming.” “Weird flex but ok!”Įxample: “If I don’t go to that party I’ll get major FOMO.” Now it’s used more or less as a synonym to “bro”.įire = Really good, with very strong emphasis.įlex = To show off. Millennials usually think the “e” stands for emotional as the style is quite similar to emo, but it actually stands for “electronic”.Įxample: “E-girls and -boys are Gen Z’s version of being emo or goth.”Įxtra = Over the top, unnecessarily dramatic.Įxample: “My sister is so extra - she wears high heels to school every day.”įam = Short for family, used to be a nickname you call people who mean so much to you that you consider them family, but the meaning has faded. A specific style that typically includes wearing a lot of black, neon and chains, drawing small black hearts drawn under their eyes, using a lot of blush, and having bangs. She’s such a clout chaser.”Į-boy/-girl = Gen Z’s hybrid version of emo/goth. Can be used both seriously and ironically.Ĭlout = (social media) Fame and influence.Įxample: “Therése Lindgren has hella clout.”Ĭlout chaser = Someone who more or less only cares about followers and likes and wants to become famous (on social media).Įxample: “She only hangs out with him because he has a lot of followers. Via (of sth) = Being the best at something. In practice, it’s very similar to boycotting.Įxample: “Trump needs to get cancelled already.” Most often used collectively by fans to decide that a celebrity (often YouTubers) shouldn’t get attention anymore, usually following a controversial or offensive statement. Synonymous to “extremely”.Īnd I oop = Lighthearted expression in relation to making a rather insignificant mistake, strongly associated with VSCO girls (see further down).Įxample: *drops phone on the ground* “And I oop!”īasic = Mainstream, like everyone else, usually in a negative connotation.Įxample: “Pumpkin spice lattes are so basic.”Įxample: “Omg she is beating her face with that blush."Ĭancel (culture) = Removing something or someone out of your life. I don’t want to pay my bills!”Įxample: “The Flowbox office has such a nice aesthetic.”Īf = Short for as f**k. So, the question remains: are you up to date with what slang is current in 2020? In case not, here’s a list of the most popular abbreviations and expressions that the youth are using so that you can stop googling.Īdulting = Completing a task or duty considered for adults such as paying bills, getting insurance, getting a job etc.Įxample : “Adulting is so hard. Lol lives on since the 80s and will probably never die, but a teenager born in the 2000s wouldn’t be caught dead saying “on fleek”. Hate to break it to you, but those are old news. Young and progressive people love it when companies are informal and when they talk to their customers as if they were actually friends. If your demographic is young - teenagers, early 20s, maybe even 30 and under - keeping track of slang and youth jargon is key.
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