#Gen z lingo tv#

Tweet from a hip-hop artist: This next album finna blow You will be ridiculed, especially if you get the context wrong… It does not mean ‘ got to’ or ‘ have to’!Īlthough seen all over Tik Tok and Twitter today, unless you’re part of African American speech communities, it’s not recommended to use this word irl. Back in the 1700s, people would use finna to mean ‘fixing to’, like ‘ intend to’ or ‘ getting ready to.’ In the 21st century, with the internet and social media providing a platform for Black culture to reign, ‘finna’ was adopted by the youth and used in tweets as a replacement of ‘ going to’ or ‘ about to’. How did it come about? Most people don’t know that according to, ‘finna’ is a grammatically correct feature of African American English vocabulary.

Mum: This food doesn’t taste very nice, I want to talk to the managerĭaughter: No, mum, please, don’t be such a karen Now, the proper noun ‘Karen’ has turned into an adjective and become everyone’s favourite insult any time an older white woman complains or says something racist, insensitive, childish or wants to talk to the manager. For example: “We won’t be turning the disabled parking spots into regular parking spots just so that you can use them, but thanks for your input, Karen.” So circa 2020, those babies were 40ish year old women, making it stereotypically hilarious when people started to tweet jokes about shouty, ignorant, privileged women and call them Karen.

How did it come about? From 1938 until 1979, ‘Karen’ was one of the most popular names given to newborn girls in the UK and US. Today, even in person, people say “Shaking my head” instead of actually shaking their head, or they might even say the letters “Ess-emm-aitch.” But now we say ‘smh’ which stands for ‘shaking my head’. You might even bury your face in your hands which used to be known as ‘facepalm’. This means ‘oh no’ or ‘how embarrassing’ or ‘I have no words for how bad that is’. ‘Shaking your head’ can either mean very simply saying ‘no’ by moving your head from left to right, or hanging your head with your chin close to your neck and slowly shaking it. How did it come about? Non-verbal communication is just as important as verbal communication in the English speaking culture. People began to use the term online when expressing opinions, calling the audience ‘bruh’, until eventually, the word ‘bruh’ became a whole sentence suggesting disbelief, disgust, amazement or shock.ĭude 1: Bruh, ngl (‘not gonna lie’) I love Shawn Mendes With this increased usage, the ‘O’ became a lazy ‘Uh’ sound and ‘ye bruh’-‘nah bruh’ was formed. Colloquially, the term ‘brother’ or ‘bro’ was used to refer to a close friend (EG: “Hey bro, what’s up?” or “I love him, he’s my bro.”) But over time, the usage of the word ‘bro’ began to be used to express politeness and familiarity with both friends and strangers (EG: “Can we have a table for two please, bro?”) How did it come about? ‘Bruh’ is a phonetically spelled version of the Millenial term ‘bro’ (short for ‘brother’). People born before Gen Z but after 1981 are called ‘Millenials’, who were important for laying the groundwork to some of the latest trends we use today.īelow is a list of current popular slang words and a unique description of their etymology! ‘Gen Z’ is an abbreviation of the noun ‘Generation Z’, the term used for people born between 19. So, If you’re planning to study abroad, become fluent in English, or make friends with native speakers, it’s compulsory to understand the latest acronyms, coined terms and slang collocations.

#Gen z lingo tv#

But what about the informalities? Scrolling through social media introduces you to a whole new collection of vocabulary with phrases like ‘I’m weak’, ‘fire’ and ‘goat’ that have nothing to do with the content of the post they’ve been commented on - nor the conversations that they appear in irl (‘in real life’)!īut have no fear… since Lingopie is officially giving you the option to learn English on their platform through TV and movies, we’re also going to teach you all about the latest Gen Z slang words. With all the grammar changes and conditional tenses, learning English formalities can be difficult enough.