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Understanding the assignment: Gen Z slang, explained

Want to sound as cool as the new generation?

(Jenny Kane, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Are you often hearing new words you just don’t understand?

Every generation has slang, used in conversation and text.

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News 6 interns, Jayna Manohalal and Raine Keenan, break down what some of the most popular Gen Z slang means:

“Ate/eat” — To accomplish something impressive

“Aura points” — A way to measure someone’s coolness and confidence

“Brat” — A confident person

“Bussin’” — Used to describe something very good

“Cook” — To work hard at something

“Gyatt” — Used for exclamation

“Menty B” — Mental breakdown

“Sigma” — A cool person or thing

“Skibidi” — Used for positive description

“Understand the assignment” — Used when someone is giving a task their all


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