Gen Z Pop Culture
(Slang, events, trends of 97 to Now)
(Slang, events, trends of 97 to Now)
This slang term was used when an object is thrown usually with no particular target.
What is yeet?
Not accepted: Kobe
This country is the only which shares a land border with the United Kingdom.
What is Ireland?
Short form content such as Instagram Reels, TikToks, and YouTube Shorts can all trace their roots back to this social media app where videos could only be 6 seconds long.
What is Vine?
This country has more surviving pyramids than Egypt.
What is Sudan?
In the early 2010's, this genre of books/films gained massive popularity with a focus on a young adult protagonist's fight against a "perfect society", when the rest of the community struggles to survive. (An example from the genre will be accepted as an answer)
What is "dystopian"?
Accepted answer(s):
Modern: The Hunger Games, Divergent series, The Giver, Maze Runner
20th Century: Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451
This country's coastline is 125K miles, the longest on Earth.
What is Canada?
A conspiracy theory turned pop culture phenomenon, Jay Sean sang "We gonna party like, like it's 2012" because the last day on an ancient Mayan calendar - December 21st, 2012 - was highly assumed to be this event.
What is the apocalypse?
Acceptable answer(s): End of the World
This country is made up of over 7,000 islands.
What is the Philippines?
This slang term was used to describe a person who makes too much of an effort too accommodate or compliment their crush.
What is a simp?
Accepted answer(s): White knight, whipped, puppy dog (more of a Gen X answer)