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This Gen Z phrase means something is funny, even though it sounds like someone just died.
I’m dead
WWII started when Germany invaded this country because Hitler woke up and chose violence.
Poland
The U.S. raced to space mainly against this country.
USSR / Soviet Union
The Z71 package is for this type of driving, not flexing in the school pickup line.
Off‑roading.
These giant ships on the Great Lakes are called “lakers,” not because they play basketball but because they do this for a living.
Carry cargo on the Great Lakes.
If someone says they have “rizz,” they’re bragging about this skill they probably don’t actually have
Charisma / flirting ability
The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 is better known as this.
Operation Overlord
This astronaut became the first human in space in 1961.
Yuri Gagarin.
The 2017 Colorado Z71 commonly uses this size V6 engine.
3.6L V6.
This Great Lake is the deepest, even though it sounds like it should be the most “superior.”
Lake Superior.
No cap” means this, even though it has nothing to do with hats
I’m telling the truth
This Pacific battle was the turning point where the U.S. sank Japanese carriers and said “nah, we’re done losing.”
Midway
This NASA mission landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969.
Apollo 11.
This feature helps the truck go downhill without you cooking the brakes.
Hill Descent Control.
his type of cargo is the most common on Great Lakes freighters — basically the stuff that makes steel and sinks ships if you load too much.
Iron ore / taconite.
This term originally meant “socially unaware,” but Gen Z now uses it for someone embarrassing and unaware they’re embarrassing.
Cringe
Germany’s fast attack strategy using tanks and planes was called this, even though it sounds like a lightning Pokémon move.
Blitzkreig
Before Apollo, NASA tested spacewalks and docking during this program.
Gemini Program.
The Z71 package includes upgraded suspension and these metal plates that protect the underside.
Skid plates.
This famous Great Lakes ship sank in 1975 and now has a whole song about it that your parents probably know.
The Edmund Fitzgerald
This term describes someone who acts like they’re deeply involved in a hobby, fandom, or lifestyle, even though they barely know anything about it — usually just to look impressive in front of others.
Poser
This 1943 conference in North Africa set Allied strategy for Italy and France and included Roosevelt and Churchill — but not Stalin.
Casablanca Conference.
This Soviet spacecraft made the first successful soft landing on the Moon in 1966.
Luna 9.
The 2017 Colorado Z71’s 3.6L V6 has this internal GM engine code.
LGZ.
This narrow, dangerous stretch of Lake Superior — located between Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula — is known for violent storms, magnetic anomalies, and dozens of shipwrecks, earning it the nickname “The Graveyard of the Great Lakes.”
The Shipwreck Coast (also called the Lake Superior Shipwreck Coast or Graveyard of the Great Lakes).