Slang Gen Z Actually Coined
The terms in our dictionary whose run began between 2013 and 2020, when Generation Z was the cohort online and Generation Alpha was still in primary school.
Some 107 terms in this dictionary entered common use between 2013 and 2020, while Generation Z were teenagers and Generation Alpha were still in primary school — which is the closest a dictionary can get to whose slang it is.
Slang Gen Z Actually Coined
Frequently asked
Is this Gen Z slang or Gen Alpha slang?
The two overlap heavily. What separates them is timing: a term that entered use in 2015 spread through Gen Z teenagers, and one that entered in 2023 spread through Gen Alpha.
Did Gen Z invent these words?
Rarely. Most slang is borrowed, usually from Black American English or from online subcultures, and then popularised. The dictionary dates when a term became common, not who first said it.
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