Now, the ongoing war between Millennials and Gen-Zers might have finally been put to rest thanks to a video posted to TikTok by a young indie artist.
Allegra Miles took to the video-sharing platform to warn those born between the years of 1981 and 1996 about the dangers of exposing your age with the outdated phrases you're using and what to switch them out for.
Helpful, right?
Have a look at the video below:Starting the video, the young singer/songwriter said: "Here's [sic] some Millennial phrases with their Gen Z equivalent."
Apparently, YOLO is totally out (which it has been for a while), and "f*** it, we ball" is now in.
Miles then cranked it up a notch and said that the term "slay" is actually a Millennial phrase, and Gen Z uses the word “eat” or “ate” instead.
So if someone is wearing a sick outfit, would probably describe that as someone who “ate” instead of "slayed."
Regardless, the TikToker added that they are "both epic ways to hype people up."
The next word/phrase is "game" when it comes to describing people who are good at flirting - "game" is out, and "rizz" is in.
"Rizz", for those of you who may not be aware, comes from the word "charisma" and is now allegedly what the "kewl kidz" are saying.
Rather than saying "on point" when someone is really doing/dressing well, young folks now describe that as being "locked in."
In order to dampen the raging flames between the two groups, the 21-year-old went on to emphasize that she in no way thought one language was better than another. Instead, she just pointed out how interesting it was that time was changing.
“I like all these terms. I’m not saying one is better than the other,” she told her followers.
While a lot of people were dropping options of their own in the comments, some wondered whether Millennials had created some of the phrases in the first place.
"I think these are like, older gen z to younger gen z haha," wrote one user, while another added: "I am a true Zillenial [in the middle of both groups] and the only millennials I’ve ever heard use 'slay' are those who learned it from gen z."
A third also chimed in with: "I don't know any millennials that use or used these phrases."
Others also suggested that it's just words taken from African American English (AAVE) no matter what group or time it's from.
"I think this is mostly just AAVE," commented one user while another agreed stating: "AAVE carrying."
Do you use any of those phrases?
