Who the heck are we?
Somebody made up some terms to tell us, and now everyone if split off into these groups.
• The Greatest Generation – born 1901-1924. …
• The Silent Generation – born 1925-1945. …
• The Baby Boomer Generation – born 1946-1964. …
• Generation X – born 1965-1979. …
• Millennials – born 1980-1994. …
• Generation Z – born 1995-2012. …
• Gen Alpha – born 2013 – 2025. …
Yes, these categories define us by age.
I’m a Baby Boomer, or as so many affectionately refer to us as — “Boomers.”
All my sisters and brothers are Baby Boomers. The Seven Boomer Siblings.
I’m glad to be born in that era. We rocked it, really.
We watched the Flintstones on the first color TVs.
We cherished those moments when we could drink a Coca-Cola right from the bottle.
We had the coolest cars.
And there was only one telephone in the whole entire house.
Truthfully. All of this matters not to me, one way or the other. I think it is a little goofy, really, to place people in these pigeonholes all because of their age. I tell you, I’ve seen some 91-year-olds who are more engaged in living than many 19-year-olds. It all depends on the outlook, I think.
Yet. There is something that bothers me. The language.
The way I speak? If someone is thirsty, they need a drink of water. Being fat means being overweight. And when someone is sick, they have a cold, or worse. But today, if you say those things, you could be generating completely different meanings.
Gen Z has quite a few choice words, and recently, a website broke down their most popular words in each state.
Here are a few of the ones that are dope. Phat. Sick.
Ohio — cringe = describing someone who is embarrassing
Washington — simp = someone obsessing over someone else
Indiana — no cap = not lying or exaggerating
Colorado — on fleek = perfectly executed
Kentucky — slay = good job
Florida — kiki = a social gathering
Utah — dank = high quality
This is how they talk. Like at some kiki. No cap. I may be simp over this whole thing. I mean, like totally cringe. But on the other hand, I think my explanation was on fleek. I slayed it. This whole thing was dank.
So for now, I’m going to go lie down somewhere and put my copy of Webster’s Dictionary on my forehead until I feel better.
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“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, 1984
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“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
― Matt Groening
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“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Full list of Gen Z words, popular by state”
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/most-popular-gen-z-slang-terms-by-state?utm_source=RSS
