Gen Z and Gen X square off in a slang showdown: Do you know what ‘slay,’ ‘tubular,’ ‘Bogart’ and more mean?
NY Post
These generations are lost in translation.
Gen X isn’t exactly “slaying” when it comes to understanding their zoomer children’s slang — but Gen Z is similarly stumped by the popular words and phrases their parents said way back in the day.
The Post took to Times Square to host the ultimate fun showdown — Gen X vs. Gen Z in a battle of the slang — and the results were mixed.
We asked Gen Xers the meaning of five slang words currently used by Zoomers, including “serve,” “stan” and “rizz.”
To test whether their kids could speak fluent throwback, we subsequently quizzed Gen Z teens on five slang words popular among Gen X back in the 1980s and 1990s, including pop culture-inspired “gnarly,” “grody” and “tubular.”
If you fancy yourself a superior slang decoder, take our test below and find out whether you fared better than those we stopped on the street.
