Talk:Glossary of Generation Z slang

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  — Urro^{[talk][edits]} ⋮ 00:35, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 October 2024

Add [Tuah]TheChildishWho (talk) 18:38, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. TheWikiToby (talk) 21:47, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Conflation: "Delulu" and "delusionship"

The entry on "Delulu" was changed recently to "delusionship" [1], conflating two unrelated terms together. See also Talk:Delulu § Requested move 20 October 2024. Should the entries be seperated? Ca ^{talk to me!} 14:51, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Please add "geeked up" and "mint", thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.185.146.136 (talk) 04:09, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2024

on the zesty definition it means "an offensive way to make fun of effeminate and gay men" Nikolas Gioia (talk) 16:40, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: User blocked for "racist vandalism" TheWikiToby (talk) 16:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Proposal to change list format

I noticed that on "Glossary of ...terms" articles, namely Glossary of video game terms and Glossary of music terminology, the terms are not presented using a table with the origin and definition as in this article, but as a list.

If no one objects to this change I'll go ahead and do it bbut it there are objections please let me know. Rusty 🐈 05:01, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

To be clear: If no one comments, I'll go ahead and make the change this weekend. Rusty 🐈 23:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2024

Meowing123 (talk) 15:38, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Add Yappinology to the (Yap) slang word

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. TheWikiToby (talk) 22:19, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

"Furry"

I think it should be plural. I don't know if I should change it... I'm new. STARTER'^user_{contribs anyone?} 11:34, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@STARTERuser: What do you mean by plural? I think these two sentences are both grammatically correct:

"I am a furry"

"They are furries" Rusty 🐈 14:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Rusty Cat, in the "U" section when you go to "uwu", it says "Used to portray happiness or one wanting to appear cute. Used more or less as an expression. Became popular in the 2000s. The expression is commonly associated with furry, femboys, and anime fandoms." It should be "Used to portray happiness or one wanting to appear cute. Used more or less as an expression. Became popular in the 2000s. The expression is commonly associated with furries, femboys, and anime fandoms." STARTER'^user_{contribs anyone?} 04:21, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

@STARTERuser: If you want to change it, go ahead! Rusty 🐈 14:58, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2024

In L add: L: abriviation for the word "Loss" commonly used in "took an L" signifying that someone has experienced a missfortune simularly to the "Loser" hand gesture

Living rent-free: the meaning being that something or someone is ocupying your mind.

W: Washed: something falling out of grace or popularity Datboy2106 (talk) 18:27, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. TheWikiToby (talk) 18:29, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Cheugy

I think the word cheugy should be added as a cautionary tale of how older generations view slang. Cheugy is notable for not really being used by anyone in the gen z space yet it is listed among many lists of "Brainrot" or "Gen z" slang due to the fact that many older people believe it to be so. There is notably a New York Times article that seems to share the idea that this is a word that young people use to mean something along the lines of "unfashionable" however no child really uses this. The word had a brief flash-in-the-pan moment in 2021 but it was quickly picked up by the aforementioned New York Times article and thus anyone who may have wanted to use the word now saw it as "uncool" and this shows the greater purpose and meaning of slang and how it can die out. I feel like this should be clear in the post on cheugy when it would be added to the list. 2600:1008:B15E:A4AF:DFD1:F125:7965:3746 (talk) 07:26, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

We have an article on Cheugy citing the New York Times article, but sadly I haven't seen any sources supporting your statement. Until more sources pop up,  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Rusty 🐈 03:22, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Waffle

When something is blabbered on about, you know, when you unnecessarily go on about something, like waffling, you know, like nonsense and boring. you know, just rambling on and dragging out the sentence. it´s all irrelevant. 217.61.227.82 (talk) 23:44, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Rusty 🐈 03:20, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Re: Sus

Short term for suspect/suspicious. Popularized in 2018 by players of the online video game Among Us and received mainstream usage with the game's explosion in popularity in mid-2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Merriam Websters, the term has been in use among English speakers since at least the 1960s.

Someone needs to confirm if "the term has been in use among English speakers since at least the 1960s", refers to sus or suss. "Suss" has definitely been in use since the 1960s, but means something else entirely, as in " to discover or understand something through thought". Viriditas (talk) 21:52, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

look here: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sus&year_start=1960&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true . Existential quantifier is true (talk) 08:59, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

@Existential quantifier is true: Can you give specific examples of literature in the 1960s which uses the term? Rusty 🐈 15:57, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 3 December 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) cyberdog958^Talk 07:20, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

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List of Generation Z slang → Glossary of Generation Z slang – Article is formatted like other "glossary" articles, like Glossary of video game terms, Glossary of poker terms, Glossary of professional wrestling terms, et cetera. ZionniThePeruser (talk) 06:50, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support as the editor who modified the formatting to match glossary articles. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but that's what the article looked like to me in its previous form, which included examples of usage and origin. Rusty 🐈 00:19, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Theparties (talk) 00:03, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 09:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The explanation of "living rent free" is inverted.

It doesn't match either of its references. One potential correction would be "When one person is resentful towards another person, that second person is described as living rent-free in the first person's head." It needs to be clear that the resented person is living rent-free in the resenter's head. 198.161.100.138 (talk) 19:39, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

I've rewritten the description: "Constantly being thought of negatively by another person"--NapoliRoma (talk) 00:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

please add "face card" to list

face card

it refers to an attractive face. often used in the phrase "(person)'s face card never declines"

also used in several hit songs: • Open Arms by SZA • Heated by Beyoncé • One Of Your Girls by Troy Sivan

below are some articles that reference or discuss the meaning of "face card"

[2]http://dx.doi.org/10.47836/jlc.11.02.08 [3]https://doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v13i3.62121 [4]https://www.dhakatribune.com/around-the-web/351224/a-%E2%80%98delulu%E2%80%99-writer%E2%80%99s-guide-to-using-gen-z-lingo [5]https://www.dailydot.com/news/scrolling-in-the-deep-face-card/?amp [6]https://fossbytes.com/common-tiktok-slangs-meanings/ I love bats (talk) 09:02, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done Added entry. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 15:14, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 13 December 2024

Glossary of Generation Z slang → Glossary of Generation Z and Generation Alpha slang – This glossary includes many terms used/shared by Gen Alpha, as stated by several[7][8][9][10][11] sources cited in the article itself. Granted, the proposed title could be changed to be less lengthy, but provided we redirect the current title and "Glossary of Generation Alpha slang", this seems more appropriate than the current title. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 05:34, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Seems like "Glossary of Generation Alpha slang" would be more deserving of an article in the future. Also, the line of what's Gen Alpha or Gen Z is pretty blurry, so it makes sense why some sources would say that. Most of the terms were made by Gen Z anyways. CheeseyHead (talk) 19:03, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

I agree that the line between Gen Alpha and Gen Z is indeed blurry, but I think that is all the more reason to move the article. In terms of a neutral perspective, how do you know that they were "made by Gen Z"? I'm under the impression that the terms were more than likely made and used by both generations, especially considering their proximity. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 18:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

For the "made by Gen Z thing", think like Kai Cenat making some of these words. CheeseyHead (talk) 02:25, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

I don't think Kai Cenat has invented enough of these words to justify keeping them in Gen Z slang. There are many words that fall primarily under Gen Alpha (skibidi, and other 'brainrot' associated slangs) that suggest we should move it to the move proposal. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 02:32, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Comment Certain memes like dabbing are likely not representative of Generation Alpha memes. AlphaBeta135talk 16:35, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. I recall someone once suggested "online slang" or something like that on this talk page, which is a better title IMO. Rusty 🐈 18:58, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

That actually sounds a lot better than my suggested title, as it fits both Gen Z and Gen Alpha (which this list falls under to an extent) while still covering the rest of the terms. I don't know how I could change my nomination to said title (probably not possible), but I agree. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 22:25, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Like Glossary of online slang? An article like that would cover all kinds of online slang, not just Gen Z or Gen A slang. Some1 (talk) 01:02, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Considering we don't have a list/glossary article on online slang, I'm willing to help expand the article to cover all or generally popular online slang for the sake of simplicity. If the article gets too large, we can split it up again. So yes, Move to Glossary of online slang (or Glossary of internet slang.) Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 01:08, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

@Sparkle & Fade: I can change the move target in your nomination if you're okay with that (I'll need to possibly edit your message). Rusty 🐈 01:34, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

The biggest issue I have with "Glossary of Internet slangs" (i.e., not exclusive to Generations Z and Alpha) is that the list would end up becoming really large and really broad. For example: wombo combo, rickroll, LOL, 4channer, "do a little trolling", and every other Internet slang from wikt:Category:English internet slang. AlphaBeta135talk 01:41, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Our current options are to either keep our current title, move to Gen Z and Gen Alpha, or move to internet slang (which would require a massive effort to add more entries and remove less relevant ones if needed.) Because of how many entries there are (over 2.5 thousand) it would be almost necessary to split it into different categories, I think we should move it to Gen Z and Gen Alpha instead of internet slang. We should also likely have glossaries for other categories (Glossary of video gaming slang, etc.) for later projects.

So, probably just Move to Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 02:27, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm just curious (and I might be thinking way too far in advance considering there's the question of Wikipedia's existence 10-15 years from now), but once Generation "Beta" people are in their teens, their slang will overlap with Generation Alpha slang (like what we're seeing now with some Gen Z/Gen A slang). What would that hypothetical article title be called?

For now, I think it might be better to have separate articles for Gen Z and Gen A slang, i.e. Glossary of Generation Z slang and Glossary of Generation Alpha slang. Some1 (talk) 02:35, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

That's fair. I think that Gen Alpha will likely warrant their own article in the future, near or not. I'll withdraw my proposal if nobody else objects to this. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 02:44, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

@Sparkle & Fade I guess one can reasonably rename this page to "Glossary of social media slang". What are your thoughts? AlphaBeta135talk 04:43, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

That is probably the most reasonable rename for the page. I'll retarget it to that, then. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 04:55, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request for the addition of the term “Huzz” on 14 December 2024

I’d add ‘huzz’ as it’s becoming very large on many social media platforms such as tiktok and instagram. In current slang, “huzz” is a term popularized on platforms like TikTok and Twitch, often associated with Kai Cenat’s streams. It serves as a playful or informal way of referring to women, derived from “hoes.” Common phrases like “doing it for the huzz” typically mean impressing or seeking attention from women. It’s also part of a broader trend of “-uzz” slang, like “bruzz” (bro) or “muzz” (mom), reflecting Gen Z’s creative approach to language on social media. Sources include

and https://neonmusic.co.uk/what-does-huzz-mean-the-slang-taking-tiktok-by-storm

Penxil32 (talk) 21:46, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Coincidentally, I just added this term now before seeing your message here. Well, it's added! Phibeatrice (talk) 19:19, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

If UwU is in this article, should other internet emoticons be here?

I know that UwU pertains some Memefied meaning, but so do many other expressions. Also, should this article contain mainly internet slang, maybe call it Internet Slang Glossary. I do know it mostly connects to Gen Z, but if you were to incorporate viral language, like bussin, usually those words have been used before in history - Memefied words could be another category. Demure, and such. We would have to show that these are the slang perceptions though. Also, you should add :3, a commonly used emoticon, associated with furries. Goober235 (talk) 21:36, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Why is there no glossary for Generation Alpha slang (e.g. selling, sold, sell; baddiminton [baddie and badminton]; alpha, beta; other things.

These terms exist in the USA, but I cannot be fully sure in other countries. Ferrari12ciLiNdRi (talk) 16:04, 17 December 2024 (UTC)