9 slang words teens and Gen Zers are using in 2020 — and their boomer equivalents

Teens and members of Gen Z are using a slew of new slang terms, and many of those words are confusing to older generations.
But the slang words Gen Zers use are not new in their meanings . Most new phrases can be "translated" pretty easily to a boomer equivalent.
Here's a list of 9 popular Gen Z terms and their baby boomer generation equivalents.
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In a world dominated by meme culture, ever-changing social media platforms, and the ability to cram your thoughts into a 280-character tweet, your grasp of basic slang can make or break your credibility as a functional and supposedly cool human.

Though many of these terms have been around for decades , oftentimes derived from the language of black and queer communities, online spaces have made the spread, appropriation , and evolution of language more rapid than ever before.

But even though the particular lingo Gen Zers love is pretty different, the meanings behind the slang terms aren't new at all. Most of them are similar to definitions of words commonly used by earlier generations and while these baby boomer slang terms aren't exact synonyms in every case, they're the closest we could find in meaning.

Here are 9 Gen Z slang words and their boomer equivalents.

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