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List of Generation Z slang (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Yeet" wins IMO

[–] imaqtpie 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Honestly I feel like yeet is at least partially Millenial slang. It started in 2014 and the Zoomers are born 1997-2012. It's just such a good word that it kinda stuck around.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Following the popularization of the term relating to (Pete) Davidson another Twitter user took credit for coining the phrase pointing to a comment they had made two weeks beforehand mourning the death of Anthony Bourdain.

Has BDE only existed since 2018?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I feel like other similar expressions have been around for a long time. But maybe was only popularized in that formulation in 2018