Fast Food & Snacks
This classic chip brand is famous for its spicy "Flamin' Hot" variety that leaves your fingers permanently stained red.
Cheetos
The ultimate playground game where the entire objective is to violently target your friends with a red rubber ball
Dodgeball
This instant modern "ick" happens when you text someone a massive paragraph and they reply with just this single-letter message
"K"
This multi-billion dollar movie franchise featured a massive purple villain trying to erase half the universe with a single snap of his fingers
Marvel (Avengers / Thanos)
The universal, frantic gesture of waving your hand wildly in the air trying to get this automated school bathroom feature to finally activate
motion-sensor sink/hand dryer
The fast-food chain famous for its waffle fries, chicken sandwiches, and being completely closed on Sundays.
Chick-fil-A
The multi-stage aerobic fitness test that progressively gets faster, signaled by a loud, ominous "beep" sound that strikes fear into students
Pacer Test
The highly awkward social situation where you try to high-five someone but they switch to a fist bump, leaving you grasping thin air
missed high-five? (or bad handshake coordination)
This animated green ogre and his talking donkey sidekick became the kings of internet meme culture decades after their movie was released
Shrek
The ultimate smartphone habit of rapidly opening and closing the same three social media apps over and over out of sheer boredom
doomscrolling
This sweet, colorful beverage trend from Taiwan features chewy tapioca pearls at the bottom of a giant straw
Boba (Bubble Tea)
The low-slung, plastic four-wheeled vehicles used in elementary gym class that were famous for running over everyone's fingers
Floor scooters
The minor but infuriating wardrobe disaster that occurs when the tiny metal aglet disappears, causing this item to slide completely inside your hoodie
Drawstring
This futuristic dystopian movie series features teenagers being randomly selected from 12 districts to fight in a televised, televised battle royale
The Hunger Games
This specific iPhone notification setting causes your camera flash to blink rapidly every single time you get a text message
Alerts
This Mexican-style fast-food chain became a viral sensation for its giant pink boxes filled with specialty gourmet cookies that change weekly
Crumbl Cookies
This rapid-fire backyard game involves four players bouncing a small yellow ball off a round, trampoline-like net on the ground
Spikeball
The painful social crime of playing videos or music at full volume through your phone speakers while riding this public vehicle
school bus (public transit)
The iconic sci-fi horror series on Netflix that turned a group of Dungeons & Dragons-playing kids into small-town monster hunters in the 1980s
Stranger Things
The desperate tech hack of keeping your ancient phone alive by angling the charging cord at a very precise 45-degree angle under a heavy book
broken charging port/cable
The legendary, elusive McDonald's menu item that became a meme because the machine required to make it is notoriously always broken
McFlurry (or the Ice Cream Machine)
The massive, colorful nylon prop brought out on special days that required the entire class to sit underneath it to form a giant mushroom bubble
Giant parachute
The immediate feeling of cringe when your phone accidentally disconnects from your wireless headphones and your music starts blasting out loud in this specific, silent school room
The library (study hall)
This live-action/CGI movie brought a yellow, electrical Nintendo mascot to life as a coffee-addicted, fast-talking private investigator
Detective Pikachu
The collective term for the thousands of unopened, unread notifications sitting on your email or messaging apps that would give a parent a heart attack
notification badges (or unread alerts)