Gen Z
Pop Culture through the Years
Learn your Gen-Z Slang
Things Millennials have Ruined
100

In February 2004, he launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room.

Who is Mark Zuckerberg?

100

This singer holds the record for the most Grammy nominations, including nine for her time with her 1990s girl group.

Who is Beyonce?

100

This verb means 'to throw'.

What is yeet?

100

Millennials have ruined this sport, known to have an older audience who typically use it for corporate networking purposes.

What is golf?

200

This song by artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, featuring Justin Bieber, is tied with Mariah Carey's "One Sweet Day" for most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

What is despacito?

200

Who played the first James Bond in 1962?

Who is Sean Connery?

200

This phrase is used by both millennials and Gen-Z as a response to the opinions of people born between 1946-1964.

What is 'ok boomer'?

200

Millennials have ruined cable TV. This streaming service has been the main factor to cable TV becoming irrelevant, with 231 million subscribers currently.

What is Netflix?

300

This British artist uses a loop pedal and is most famously known for his songs like "Thinking Out Loud" and "Perfect".

Who is Ed Sheeran?

300

Ross Geller got divorced this many times on the TV show Friends.

What is 3 times?

(Carol, Emily, and Rachel)

300
A word that started being used during the beginnning of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the massive popularity of the game Among Us.
What is sus?
300

MORSE does not seem to be part of this trend, however, Millennials have also ruined this athletic activity, in which participation has dropped 13% since 2016.

What is distance running?

400

At only 17 years old, this American snowboarder won the gold medal for her half-pipe performance at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Who is Chloe Kim?

400

This singer became famous for his viral (and cringy) song called Sweatshirt in 2016.

Who is Jacob Sartorius?

400

This phrase is typically used to describe someone doing a great job at something. Roughly translates to 'killing it'.

What is 'slay'.

400

Millennials have ruined marriage. This is the top reason that millennials have said leads them to getting married later in life, if at all.

What is student loan debt?

500

Generation Z is most affected generation by this phenomenon. It is defined as “the willful and repeated use of cell phones, computers and other electronic communication devices to harass and threaten others.”

What is cyberbullying?

500

The name of the soda the Coca-Cola Co. launched in 1993 as an attempt to target Gen X'ers

What is Ok Soda?

500

This is a slang term used to describe someone or something that is considered uncool, out of date, or trying too hard to be trendy, often associated with trends stereotypically linked to millennials.

What is cheugy?

500

This slang word is used to specifically describe when Millennials do something cringy or 'outdated', like wearing jeggings.

What is Cheugy?

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