Millennial slangs and Gen-Z Gang!
Are you a 30-something adult who’s wondering what on earth these kids are talking about? Millennials are great at a lot of things, and coming up with their own language happens to be one! ‘Don’t be so extra’…don’t be so extra WHAT? What is this enigma that the young ones have confounded? Well, learn the code language that the hyped-up, Gen Z teen talks in, and who knows, maybe you get to be a part of the gang! The dankest millennial slangs you want in on:
Millennial Slangs
1. Mood
Gone is the time when your mood would be depressed or happy. Moods are now people and things. Jack sleeping on his office desk is a mood!
Jessica: *drinks wine at 9 am*
Me: “You’re such a mood!”
2. Basic
I can’t remember when it stopped meaning ‘simple’ and started becoming an insult. Maybe, around the time Cardi B dropped her first hit!
“Kyle went to Starbucks for the third time this week”
“Could he be any more basic?”
3. Dead
You really think kids are so gory that they use ‘dead’ to describe how they feel when they hear something really funny? Oh, well…
“My cat peed all over my work…again”
“Hahaha, I’m dead”.
4. Tea
No, don’t get a mop when someone’s ‘spilling tea’. Be ready for some great gossip nonetheless.
“So, I’ve heard something about you. Spill the tea sis!”
5. Can’t even
Let the dramatist in you, rise. When you feel so many things that you just can’t. You can’t what? You can’t even.
“Oh my god! Did you see that new Ryan Gosling movie? It was so good I can’t even!”
6. Woke
Don’t try to correct someone’s grammar when they ask if you’re woke. Woke is someone who’s politically and socially aware.
“Yes, he was at the protests. He’s so woke”.
7. Don’t @ me
I mean, how much time are they saving by writing @ instead of at? It started out from Social media but now it’s slang for ‘cut me some slack’ or ‘don’t argue on this one’.
“I’m late because of the traffic, don’t @ me!”
8. Throwing shade
Not going to lie, it’s fun to throw shade around every once in a while. When you know what it means, that is.
Someone: *makes a subtle mean comment*
Me: OMG! Stop throwing shade at me!
9. Salty
Your attitude, not your food. Don’t be surprised when someone calls you that the next time you’re in one of your moods.
“He’s still salty because you didn’t invite him”.
10. Ghosting
Not a horror movie reference, but just as horrifying!
It’s when you disappear from someone’s life without any cause or explanation. Too dark too quick?
“So how are things with Harry?”
“Oh well, he ghosted me.”
11. Lit
We aren’t talking about lamps or even Literature! It’s a party, situation, or ‘scene’. And trust me, if it’s lit, you want to be there!
“You should’ve come to the party, it was so lit!”
12. Thirsty
Attention, not water, is what they want.
“She hasn’t texted me back”
“Bro, it’s been only 10 minutes, stop acting so thirsty”.
13. Shots fired!
You don’t have to duck. Try not to take offense, however! Whoever said words are like bullets, this is what they were talking about
“Ooooh, shots fired! I can’t deal with this drama”
14. Extra
Extra is five notches above ‘too much’. But again, who doesn’t like to be extra every now and then?
“I’m getting late for my parlour appointment”
“It’s just a casual lunch, why are you SO extra?”
15. Feels
Feels is the ‘extra’ version of too much. See, knowing the lingo helps right?
“Every time I watch Titanic, it hits me right in the feels!”
Don’t be salty if these didn’t get you entry into the cool club even after learning these millennial slangs, keep @ it nevertheless!
