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The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world. Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. [1] [2] Ease of communication with the Internet facilitated the rapid proliferation of Gen Z slang. [2] [3] [4]
According to a May 2021 article on youth news website The Tab, "some people have suggested" that the trend betrayed an underlying misogyny. [3] An article on CNET said that whether the word cheugy was sexist was "a good question", since girl bosses were female; contrariwise, the article noted that cargo shorts and Axe Body Spray were "cheugy stuff you might associate more with men."
Kai Cenat, who popularized the word rizz. The popularity of the word in mid-2021 is attributed to Kai Cenat.Streaming on Twitch, Cenat would share to people how to have "rizz" and developed other phrases, such as "W rizz" and "L rizz", to describe a person's "winning" or "losing" abilities at attracting or chatting up a person/potential love interest.
Social media. Gen Z is a mobile-first generation that connects with people all over the globe through social media. While Millennials were bloggers using text-heavy socials like Facebook and ...
Zillennials or Zennials is a social cohort encompassing people born on the cusp of, or during the latter years of the Millennial generation and the early years of Generation Z. [1] Their adjacency between the two generations and limited age set has led to their characterization as a "micro- generation ."
Generation Z (or Gen Z for short), colloquially known as Zoomers, [1] [2] is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. [3] Members of Generation Z, were born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2010s, with the generation typically being defined as those born from 1997 to 2012.
Gyat is characterized in the media as a term used both by Generation Alpha and Generation Z. [18] However, some members of Generation Z have stated that they do not attribute the term to their cohort. [2] According to The Today Show, the term is used verbally and on messaging platforms such as Discord, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, and YouTube. [7]
Part of a series on Social generations of the Western world Lost Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby boomers Generation X Millennials Generation Z Generation Alpha Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z), also known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting ...