Gen Z Slang :
A Guide
By Zoe Manlangit
Have you ever looked online and saw a bunch of words that you ’ ve never heard before ? “ Cheugy ? Rizz ?” You say . “ Wow , I must be getting so old to not understand what this means …” If your slang dictionary has only words that have been used in the early 2000s ( e . g . lol , squad ), then this article is for you .
1 .
Fixing to / Going to ( They finna move out sooner or later .)
“ Finna ”
‘ Gen Z ’ is a shortened version of Generation Z , which starts from 1997 and ends in 2012 . They ’ re mostly known for being on multiple social media apps ( Instagram , TikTok , You- Tube , even Facebook !) and having some sort of weird language that everyone seems to get . Slang in general started to exist when criminal groups wanted to keep their activities away from the authorities . It soon developed into the slang that most use today .
Used to describe someone or something that is or did something amazing ( Dang , that outfits slays .)
2 . “ Slay ”
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