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Gen Z Slang Tier List
Which words still work, which ones you can only say with air quotes, and which ones are gone.
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The crowd's ranking
Use it unironically: Ate, Sus, Bet, Mid
Ironically only: Rizz, It's giving, Delulu, Slay, No cap
Cringe: Aura, Bussin, NPC
Already dead: Skibidi, Sheesh
Discussion
throwaway464: Half of these are decades old slang from Black and queer ballroom culture that got relabeled as Gen Z. Slay and ate were around way before TikTok.
MrBiscuitOfficial: skibidi isn't even Gen Z, that's the 10 year olds and even they say it's dead
retired_otter: Mid in Use it unironically is correct. Best word they've made. 'It was mid' covers 90% of restaurants I've ever been to.
kate_n15: cap is the dumbest one
alex.k3702: rizz is just charisma with the front cut off
LazyBiscuit: -1000 aura for saying aura