Decode your gen, if you’re in social media platforms.

Today most of us on social media, we across intergenerational fighting on any comments or specific topic. Every day we came across new internet slang. Social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and other social media account holder uses words like Gen-X, or Ok Boomer, let’s get familiar with the generation you belong to. If you’re in 2022 which generation age you are?

decode your GenX, GenY, GenZ or Boomer
Decode Generation

While on social media platforms we hear some of these generational terms in many posts, comments, and twits. “A Generation refers to all people born and living at the same time” as per Wikipedia. But here, we will try to find out which generation we’re in and Internet slang words introduced by generation.

Just check out the reference table for their birth years and the age of the generations as of 2022

GenBornAgeKnown As
GenZ1997 – 2012       10-25Centennials, Zoomer
Gen Y       1981 – 1996       26 – 41Millennials
Gen X       1965 – 1980       42 – 57Baby Busters
Boomers1946 – 1964       58 – 67Baby Boomer
Generation Reference Table

The table above will help you to find your generation. For millennials end and generation Z, the Pew Research Center has been committed to measuring public attitudes on key issues and documenting differences in those attitudes across demographic groups. These data can be found over the internet on PRC (Pew Research Center) website and on Wikipedia too, there are many other generations too like Post War, WWII and many more.

Let’s talk about the internet slang words used by GenZ
  • CAP: a lie,
  • Bussin : Something is good, typically food related
  • SUS: being suspicious of a person,
  • SIMP: Someone who does way too much for a person they like
  • Pushin’ P: Keeping it real,
  • Fam: family
  • Glow up: makeover or transformation
  • CEO: you’re mastered or refers to Pro.
  • Stan: Stalker or Fan not in a creepy way.
  • W: GenZ refers to Win.
  • Dank: high quality or excellence.
  • Ghosting: start ignoring or stop texting them back,
  • Salty: refer to feeling jealous,
  • Finna: I am going to;
  • Snack: a person whom you find attractive.
  • Tea/Spill the tea: Gossip,
  • Deadass: seriously
  • Living rent free: You can’t stop thinking about it;
  • Vibe check: mood or energy check;
  • Drag: roasting someone;

These are some internet slang and words used by most of GenZ, nowadays on our social media platforms.

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