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This AI model by OpenAI is often used by students to brainstorm, write, and code.
What is ChatGPT?
This artist’s Eras Tour broke global concert revenue records.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This 2023–2024 meme phrase means “delusional but optimistic.”
What is “Delulu is the solulu”?
This academic writing style is most common in social sciences.
What is APA?
This major environmental issue causes global heat waves and rising seas.
What is climate change?
This short-form video app remains one of the most-used platforms for Gen Z.
What is TikTok?
These two 2023 blockbusters dominated the box office and social media debates.
What are Barbie and Oppenheimer?
The term “main character energy” describes someone acting like this.
What is being the star of their own story (or self-focused)?
This beverage is the unofficial lifeblood of most grad students everywhere.
What is coffee?
Many companies now offer this flexible work option that became common after 2020.
What is remote or hybrid work?
Apple released this headset in 2024, marking its major push into mixed reality.
What is the Apple Vision Pro?
This Netflix show about deadly games and class inequality became an international hit.
What is Squid Game?
“Girl math” became a viral way to humorously justify what?
What is impulsive or unnecessary spending?
The “art” of writing 2 pages of text that basically says nothing in 3 weeks.
What is procrastination?
This workplace trend means quietly doing your job without going above and beyond.
What is quiet quitting?
This billionaire bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it to this.
Who is Elon Musk, and what is X?
Beyoncé’s 2024 album Cowboy Carter mixed R&B and this traditional American genre.
What is country?
The phrase “NPC energy” jokes that someone acts like this.
What is a background video game character (non-playable character)?
The act of nodding enthusiastically in a meeting while having no idea what’s going on.
What is “fake understanding”?
This cryptocurrency was the first and most famous digital currency.
What is Bitcoin?
This term describes fake but realistic AI-generated photos or videos.
What are deepfakes?
This phrase describes when fans rewatch comfort shows instead of starting new ones.
What is “comfort viewing”?
“Core” aesthetics like “clean girl” or “dark academia” are part of this online trend.
What is aesthetic culture (or micro-aesthetics)?
This phenomenon occurs in grad student group projects when one person does all the work, another disappears completely, and everyone still gets graded together.
What is “group project roulette”?
This term describes younger generations seeking rest and balance over hustle culture.
What is “soft life”?