Talk:List of Generation Z slang/Archive 1

Archive 1

ASL did not originate "on online chatrooms from sites such as Facebook and Snapchat."

The source for this claim does not support the claim. The site says "This slang phrase is mostly used in Facebook messenger chats, Instagram, or Snapchat." This does not mean that the phrase originated in sites like those. The use of ASL for age/sex/location predates the existence of those sites/apps by several years. For example, a book published in 2004 (the year of FB's founding) that tries to teach parents how to keep their kids safe on the Internet lists ASL in its glossary: https://books.google.com/books?id=P54CfcXKMUUC&pg=PA87#v=onepage&q&f=false This implies that it had been in common use for some years before then. I remember it as one of the first pieces of Internet slang I learned when getting connected in the late 90s. Surely there is a good source on its origins out there. FredericktheWise (talk) 15:32, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Fixed. Also added source that confirms that it stemmed from 90s era chatrooms. Knightoftheswords281 (talk) 04:45, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Origin of hits different.

I can tell you with 100% certainty that hits different originated from marijuana smoking culture not some gay scene 71.212.161.23 (talk) 11:28, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

As if no gay person has ever smoked pot before... Really, go touch some grass, Mr. IP adress. Cynthia-Coriníon (talk) 09:25, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

how does that disprove Mr. IP adress' idea? Of course, his origin had no source too, but this isn't the way to rebut it. 182.3.50.137 (talk) 01:40, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

{{Unreliable sources}}

@QuietHere, can you please specify what sourcing issues the article has, per WP:DRIVEBY? - Knightoftheswords281 (Talk · Contribs) 14:51, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, left it there in the middle of a discussion about the page on WP:DISCORD. There's probably more questionable-at-best sources here than easily solid ones. Metro and Wiktionary are both certainly troublesome, and I remember pages like AirDroid and YourTango being questioned in that conversation as well. I remember User:ScottishFinnishRadish having particularly strong opinions on the page, perhaps they remember and can elaborate further. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 18:48, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

I'm not going to do any editing of this article since it came to my attention off-wiki, but they're are severe sourcing problems. Slang.net is clearly not a reliable source and the definitions I checked failed to mention gen z. The source for tea also does not mention gen z. The Hootsuite blog and cyberdefinitions are also not reliable sources. A YouTube video with someone taking about their definition of jit isn't a reliable source. Bop is complete OR and the source, which is already being used improperly, does not mention gen z. None of the dictionary.com sources mention gen z, and it's not a terribly reliable source anyway. English-Grammar-Lessons.com is another unreliable source. The entire list is filled with issues like these.

Sources should be reliable and discuss the slang being used by gen z. If the source doesn't mention gen z then it's WP:OR to include it. If the source is not reliable it does not provide any WP:WEIGHT and the entry should not be included. The WP:NOTDICT policy is also worth a look, as it opens with Wikipedia is not a dictionary, phrasebook, or a slang, jargon, or usage guide. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:29, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

@ScottishFinnishRadish Late reply, but there are several "lists of Gen Z slang" that are referenced at the top of the term section of the table in the article. - Knightoftheswords281 (Talk · Contribs) 22:35, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

The wapo source covers a few phrases, and spends more space covering emoji and punctuation usage. The second source doesn't even mention generation z, and instead of focused on stan culture and VSCO girl culture, which isn't necessarily tied to generation. Additionally, if the source isn't discussing the topic it's WP:OR, and has no weight. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:45, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

I mean the refs by Slang Term in the table below the list section (refs 3 to 6). @ScottishFinnishRadish - Knightoftheswords281 (Talk · Contribs) 18:34, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Yourtango is definitely unreliable, unless you're comfortable with a source that also provides 10 Ways Your Body Tells You He's Not The One For You and the ability to pay to write articles and get quoted in articles. The Deseret News source contains twenty definitions with no etymology, and the USA today source contains fewer than twenty. This list is over fifty entries, broadly citing non-RS with a good helping of OR. Look at the variations for Sus, completely unsourced attribution for creation of the alternate term and the meaning. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:58, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

"Adolf Rizzler" listed at Redirects for discussion

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i assume it was a redirect for the term "rizz" that has gone horribly wrong GarethBaloney (talk) 21:51, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Bang 30s

YourTango and Urban dictionary only provide a single sentence with no proposed origin. There is no evidence that this phrase originated from people from Gen Z. 66.188.228.4 (talk) 15:42, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

I'm gonna be honest, I've literally never heard "bang 30s" before, and I'm gen z. IDK where this claim even came from, other than a random urban dictionary entry. the fact that "bang 30" has only a single entry in the entire urban dictionary itself is also telling ... generally when a word is actually in general use, there are dozens of duplicate entries. I think "bang 30s" does not actually exist outside of these lists, and that it was potentially generated by an AI asked to write a list of slang. 75.43.152.147 (talk) 04:47, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Didn't "yeet" originate from a vine?

specifically this: Yeet! Vine - YouTube AGoodCabinet (talk) 18:24, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

if it didn't originate from there it was certainly popularized by it. 75.43.152.147 (talk) 04:43, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Title

Possibly List of online slang would be better as generational nicknames will never be objective. See:https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2022/05/15/generational-labels-why-its-time-to-put-them-to-rest/?sh=415343975a9a — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.21.110.131 (talk) 14:54, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Greetings new anonymous user. While it is agreeable that many of the slang used by Generation Z today (1996-2012 birth year parameters), this does not mean that all slang used by such generation derives from the internet, as does not all internet slang have roots in Generation Z. For an example, many of the most commonly used social media acronyms (IDK, OMG, WTF, etc.) were popularized in early (think AOL/ICQ) chatrooms from the 1990s, in such time being used mostly by what would be considered today as Millennial and Generation Z or even "Baby Boomer" (for an idea of the time-frame, AOL chat rooms were released in 1989, 7 years before anybody in "Generation Z" could be born). For a reciprocal example, one of the most common appreciation slang terms on social media today ("slay") has its roots (aside from the original definition, to kill via violent force) in the LGBTQ+ drag scene of the 1970s (mostly among African-Americans and Hispanic Americans) as an admirative term denoting someone's appearance as perfect and faultless.

Thank you for your input on this article's title and I hope your enjoy your future here as a Wikipedia editor.

- less following, more creating....... Impossible Project (talk) 09:03, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Decades of Gen Z

The start and end years are very fuzzy for Gen Z, if not undefined. Currently, the article gives the late 90s as the starting bound for the generation, but the vast majority of current definitions put it at 95 or 96. J E F-T (talk) 15:45, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Bozo

It says unknown origin, but SURELY the phrase bozo comes directly from Bozo the Clown, right? Evansknight (talk) 14:06, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Actually it was first used in the 1910s, well before the creation of Bozo the Clown. I'm gonna remove it since there's no source claiming it is Gen Z slang. ––FormalDude (talk) 15:54, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

But it's still a slang that Gen Z uses. Rager7 (talk) 14:12, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

I think arguably "bozo" should be a sub-grouping of "clown", which is a more general and more in-use slang term. Plus bozo is something I have heard people call each other since the 90s, whereas "to clown", "clowning", "clownworld" etc seem to have special relevance specifically for gen z. 75.43.152.147 (talk) 04:49, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

So the word Clown should be added as a slang here. Rager7 (talk) 01:56, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Why is the hell is that even on this list? Whoever moderates this is taking WILD liberties, and I sincerely doubt they are even remotely close to Gen Z age... 2600:8800:A980:4D0:8A36:1733:A46B:50D5 (talk) 02:28, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

"Adolf Rizzler" listed at Redirects for discussion

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rizzler was a parody of riddler, as the film The Batman came out roughly the same time as when the word rizz started cropping up Ap2495 (talk) 20:06, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Slaps - used in terms of music?

Special:Diff/1174225628 appeared on my watchlist reverting an edit as unsourced. I may be missing something, but doesn’t the currently cited source ([1]) support the assertion that the term is particularly used when referring to music? Pinging @FormalDude who reverted the edit. All the best, A smart kitten (talk) 12:07, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Indeed you are right! My mistake, self-reverted. ––FormalDude (talk) 12:12, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Without a source, it was used originally for music, primarily hip hop. It was later used by gen Z and some millennials, possibly of ironic origin, for anything deemed good. Now it's not uncommon to see someone post, even a recipe, and say "this casserole slaps". 2600:8800:A980:4D0:8A36:1733:A46B:50D5 (talk) 02:26, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Look at Zesty’s definition

Someone’s clearly trolling I’m on my iPhone and don’t feel like editing but someone fix this insult to our generations first appearance on Wikipedia. Cocksuckers. Last person to edit was three hours ago, most likely them 72.28.48.4 (talk) 22:04, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

My god Wikipedia is over. why are doing this image trying to maturely explain GYATT. Jeob123a (talk) 10:55, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Is slang.net considered a reliable source?

Notice it used a few times here Justanotherguy54 (talk) 07:13, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Gyat meaning ‘God Damn’ on 21 October 2023

Hey, I noticed that in the ‘Gyat’ section, the people who wrote this said that ‘Gyat’ means ‘God Damn’, however, this is untrue. ‘Gyat’ is a term originating from AAVE, and it really just means ‘God’. Now since this is a slang term, there aren’t any reliable sources to prove this (unless you count Urban Dictionary reliable), but if you ever ask any black person who grew up using the term what it means, they will tell you the same thing that I just did. Askuii7 (talk) 21:22, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. If you can find a source for that, link to it here and reopen the request then. You are correct that urban dictionary is not reliable. Cannolis (talk) 22:14, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Just curious, are you deliberately being evasive or did you just completely miss the point of the OP?? With all due respect, please read WP:COMMON and WP:FACTCHECK to learn about the proper (AKA decent & logical) course of action in the above situation. Thank you. Impossible Project (talk) 17:19, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Per WP:BURDEN, it is the OP's responsibility to demonstrate that their claims are verifiable. Even if the claim may be common knowledge within certain communities, it probably isn't well known to the general public.

Regarding your comment, if you read a bit further in WP:COMMON, you will see that it has a subsection WP:NOCOMMON. What may seem like common sense to you might not be common sense to others. I also don't see what WP:FACTCHECK has to do with this situation. If I understand your comment as that the claim should be added despite not being supported by reliable sources, then WP:FACTCHECK directly counters that. Liu1126 (talk) 11:48, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2023

2804:D51:441C:400:69D6:E675:4C91:5F28 (talk) 01:32, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Let me in...

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 03:25, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2023

real 138.217.144.214 (talk) 01:00, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Please specify what change you want done - what text to add/change/remove and why. --Mvqr (talk) 13:12, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

New lingos and slangs

To understand my daughter's lingo I landed up here but didn't find the exact word "boomer" That I was looking for. Then I came across this nice article on gen Z lingos where got many such new words that my daughter often use and i don't understand! Also. Understand why the kidos use such weird ligos! 😀

https://viralasks.com/tag/boomer/ DilipKumarBanerji (talk) 07:22, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

There's also slangs like "gyatt and rizzler" which I say there should be a merge or a separate article of Gen Alpha slang. Rager7 (talk) 17:41, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Although often inherently used by Gen Alpha, they did not create it, nor was it created for them. It's like the term GOAT which was made by and for Millenials, yet it is almost always used by the younger generations.

However, I do think these should still be in a separate article, possibly List of Generation Alpha slang, as you suggested. I'll post here in case you want to create it.

Usersnipedname (talk) 14:35, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 November 2023

I am gen z so i can justify the meanings of the slang and make it correct. Tb361YT (talk) 08:48, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Also note that "yourself" is not a reliable source. Liu1126 (talk) 11:16, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 November 2023

Hi please add “no cap” to the list of slang terms, one of the sources that are cited already have no cap in the title of the article, and other articles also include no cap in their list of gen z slang: here is the definition (as provided by reference 4 -4^a,b,c. Mendoza, Jordan. "Don't know what terms Gen Z is using on TikTok? Here's your guide to what they mean, no cap". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-12-14.)

Suggested added column: No Cap/Capping: Cap is another word for lie. Saying “no cap” means that you aren’t lying, or if you say someone is “capping,” then you are saying they are lying.

Examples: “I’m actually going to be productive today, no cap.” “You actually got tickets to the Bad Bunny concert? You’re capping.” 2604:3D09:1C78:1900:1D0B:EDF5:2C03:EEBD (talk) 03:20, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done Lewcm Talk to me!

Lewcm Talk to me! 00:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 November 2023

Adding the phrases "lowkey/highkey" and "skibidi" Include that skibidi is primarily used by Generation Alpha, but was created by Gen Z Thefanumtaxer (talk) 20:13, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

So, there should be a separate article for Gen Alpha slang. Rager7 (talk) 02:53, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Pinchme123 (talk) 00:04, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2023

1. Change "Kai Sunat" [sic] on the "fanum tax" row to "Kai Cenat."

2. Add "canon event," a phrase popularized by TikTok and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse to refer to major events or phases important to development that many people go through in common. Often used in the format "I cannot interfere, it's a canon event" to show how the event is crucial for development. (e.g. When I see my sister taking Snaps with peace signs, but it's a canon event so I cannot interfere.) Sometimes, people use canon event as a euphemism for trauma. (e.g. My dad leaving for the milk was my canon event).

3. Add "era" and "arc," terms popularized by TikTok to mean phases or periods in life. A person in their "villain era" is in a pessimistic or depressive episode in which they view society negatively. A person in their "training arc" is engaging in significant self-help to similarly to how a manga or anime character would train to become more powerful. The two terms are often used satirically or humorously, and is rarely used to describe serious situations.

4. Add "mog," a term most used in the Manosphere to mean to assert dominance over someone effortlessly. It is distinguished from simple "asserting dominance" as involves no action and can simply be done by having more muscle, having a more defined jawline, etc. It comes from the acronym A.M.O.G. (alpha male of the group).

Jklantro (talk) 18:36, 4 December 2023 (UTC) Jklantro (talk) 18:36, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Pinchme123 (talk) 00:04, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2023

Change Kai Sunat to Kai Cenat under "fanum tax" AnvilFountain (talk) 16:42, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 18:14, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2023

"Content creator Fanum would "tax" food from his friends while they were eating. A Tiktok video made by fellow streamer Kai Sunat popularized the term." Change "Kai Sunat" to "Kai Cenat". NineDigit (talk) 02:41, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done Scoutguy138 (talk) 02:45, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

"Discord kitten" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Gyatt

Gyatt does not only refer to a female identifying individual. It can be used to refer to anyone and is typically used as a sarcastic joke, rather then to highlight a legitimate subject of attraction. It also is often used in a possessive sense, rather than an exclamation. For example, one might say either gyatt, oh my gyatt, or look at Ryan’s colossal gyatt. Sumdood2798 (talk) 00:16, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable source to support this? Create a semi-protected edit request if so. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 00:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Gyat means butt. I'm a gen alpha in middle school. Trust me. HiSisters98 (talk) 00:18, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Real

I think real is pretty popular slang with Gen Z it got popular off of TikTok which many Gen Zer's are on. I think real would be a pretty good edit.

Benjiisanerd (talk) 18:24, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2023

Note: many of these phrases were not coined by Gen Z and were adapted or continued to be used. 2604:3D09:A189:B00:56FC:2C5D:CD4D:21AF (talk) 00:09, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

 Already done – the article already mentions this at the very top. Tollens (talk) 00:16, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Sus and Sussy are being the same meaning.

You guys know about that sus and sussy are the same meaning of suspicious? It's literally a shortened version of suspicious. 2804:D51:441C:400:B17C:B8CB:3911:BDB7 (talk) 02:22, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

 Already done: Already in the list. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 05:00, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

The term "rizz"

The term "rizz" is derived and has similar meaning as the word charisma, which I think should be mentioned on this page Voball (talk) 13:15, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Voball, I believe that’s currently already included in the article. — ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 16:27, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

-ussy is slang for the vulva and not the vagina. anatomy matters.

Topic. Siowy (talk) 13:23, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

GenX testimonial

I'm in my 40s and all these: body count, dank, ded, GOAT, hits different, NPC, period, sheesh, slay, soft-launch, stan, understood the assignment, valid, yap were relevant and prevalent for my generation as well and had the same meaning. So I don't think they should be part of this list. 2A0D:6FC0:BD0:E000:DF6:3743:2497:7B3B (talk) 13:10, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Original research; see WP:OR. Dialmayo (talk) (Contribs) she/her 02:35, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

'Asf' was not popularized by TikTok

It was in use far before that time https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=asf. This can be found via a simple google search 2A0C:5BC0:40:1008:B25C:DAFF:FE32:7E3E (talk) 17:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Urban Dictionary isn't a valid source, it's user-generated content. UnexpectedSmoreInquisition aka USI (talk) 03:26, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 January 2024

Add word Skibidi to dictionary BasementGuy (talk) 17:58, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: Please provide a source and explain the other fields behind the term you wish to have added. (Definition, origin, example, and variations.)
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} 18:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

boypregnacy

i think boypregnanxy is a gen z word i say it all the time : i would realy love it if you could add it to the Gen Z list…. if u don’t…….. that means…. wikipedia isn’t impartial and is politically funded 144.32.240.116 (talk) 22:52, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

N No [ hj ]
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} ⋮ 00:14, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello, IP address person. 1. about your "wikipedia isn't impartial and is politically funded" contention, I'm going to take that as a satirical comment, but if it isn't, go fuck yourself (joke). 2. What is "boy pregnancy"? I'm a pretentious old fart with 0 knowledge of this term. 3. If you have an actual article to support the use and widespread usage of this term, no, this will not be added and wikipedia is politically funded and impartial. Whatever will we do?!?! PhillyCheeeeseSteak (talk) 01:36, 6 February 2024 (UTC)