Gen Alpha slang · Adjective
lit
Meaning
Lit is Gen Alpha slang for exciting, excellent or fun.
Where it came from
Dictionary.com says "lit" meant drunk or high from the 1910s, meant "excellent" by 1999, and was mainstream by 2015, championed by Travis Scott among others.
Tone check
Fine in its modern sense; the older drunk-or-high meaning still exists.
Checked against: Dictionary.com, it's lit.
Added to this dictionary 2 November 2026
Used in a sentence
"that party was lit"
Peak: 2015–2026
Safe for adults to use
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