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On 3 December 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from List of Generation Z slang to Glossary of Generation Z slang. The result of the discussion was moved.

"Please add X to this list!" ⋮ "Please change X to Y!"

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Since we've had a lot of newcomers here...

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- N "I'm Gen Z, so I know what I'm talking about."
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Semi-protected edit request on 25 October 2024

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Add [Tuah]TheChildishWho (talk) 18:38, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. TheWikiToby (talk) 21:47, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conflation: "Delulu" and "delusionship"

The entry on "Delulu" was changed recently to "delusionship" [1], conflating two unrelated terms together. See also Talk:Delulu § Requested move 20 October 2024. Should the entries be seperated? Ca ^{talk to me!} 14:51, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please add "geeked up" and "mint", thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.185.146.136 (talk) 04:09, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2024

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on the zesty definition it means "an offensive way to make fun of effeminate and gay men" Nikolas Gioia (talk) 16:40, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: User blocked for "racist vandalism" TheWikiToby (talk) 16:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to change list format

I noticed that on "Glossary of ...terms" articles, namely Glossary of video game terms and Glossary of music terminology, the terms are not presented using a table with the origin and definition as in this article, but as a list.

If no one objects to this change I'll go ahead and do it bbut it there are objections please let me know. Rusty 🐈 05:01, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear: If no one comments, I'll go ahead and make the change this weekend. Rusty 🐈 23:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2024

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Meowing123 (talk) 15:38, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add Yappinology to the (Yap) slang word

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. TheWikiToby (talk) 22:19, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Furry"

I think it should be plural. I don't know if I should change it... I'm new. STARTER'^user_{contribs anyone?} 11:34, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@STARTERuser: What do you mean by plural? I think these two sentences are both grammatically correct:

"I am a furry"

"They are furries" Rusty 🐈 14:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rusty Cat, in the "U" section when you go to "uwu", it says "Used to portray happiness or one wanting to appear cute. Used more or less as an expression. Became popular in the 2000s. The expression is commonly associated with furry, femboys, and anime fandoms." It should be "Used to portray happiness or one wanting to appear cute. Used more or less as an expression. Became popular in the 2000s. The expression is commonly associated with furries, femboys, and anime fandoms." STARTER'^user_{contribs anyone?} 04:21, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@STARTERuser: If you want to change it, go ahead! Rusty 🐈 14:58, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2024

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In L add: L: abriviation for the word "Loss" commonly used in "took an L" signifying that someone has experienced a missfortune simularly to the "Loser" hand gesture

Living rent-free: the meaning being that something or someone is ocupying your mind.

W: Washed: something falling out of grace or popularity Datboy2106 (talk) 18:27, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. TheWikiToby (talk) 18:29, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cheugy

I think the word cheugy should be added as a cautionary tale of how older generations view slang. Cheugy is notable for not really being used by anyone in the gen z space yet it is listed among many lists of "Brainrot" or "Gen z" slang due to the fact that many older people believe it to be so. There is notably a New York Times article that seems to share the idea that this is a word that young people use to mean something along the lines of "unfashionable" however no child really uses this. The word had a brief flash-in-the-pan moment in 2021 but it was quickly picked up by the aforementioned New York Times article and thus anyone who may have wanted to use the word now saw it as "uncool" and this shows the greater purpose and meaning of slang and how it can die out. I feel like this should be clear in the post on cheugy when it would be added to the list. 2600:1008:B15E:A4AF:DFD1:F125:7965:3746 (talk) 07:26, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We have an article on Cheugy citing the New York Times article, but sadly I haven't seen any sources supporting your statement. Until more sources pop up,

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Rusty 🐈 03:22, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Waffle

When something is blabbered on about, you know, when you unnecessarily go on about something, like waffling, you know, like nonsense and boring. you know, just rambling on and dragging out the sentence. it´s all irrelevant. 217.61.227.82 (talk) 23:44, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Rusty 🐈 03:20, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Sus

Short term for suspect/suspicious. Popularized in 2018 by players of the online video game Among Us and received mainstream usage with the game's explosion in popularity in mid-2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Merriam Websters, the term has been in use among English speakers since at least the 1960s.

Someone needs to confirm if "the term has been in use among English speakers since at least the 1960s", refers to sus or suss. "Suss" has definitely been in use since the 1960s, but means something else entirely, as in " to discover or understand something through thought". Viriditas (talk) 21:52, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

look here: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sus&year_start=1960&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true . Existential quantifier is true (talk) 08:59, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Existential quantifier is true: Can you give specific examples of literature in the 1960s which uses the term? Rusty 🐈 15:57, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 December 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) cyberdog958^Talk 07:20, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of Generation Z slang → Glossary of Generation Z slang – Article is formatted like other "glossary" articles, like Glossary of video game terms, Glossary of poker terms, Glossary of professional wrestling terms, et cetera. ZionniThePeruser (talk) 06:50, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support as the editor who modified the formatting to match glossary articles. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but that's what the article looked like to me in its previous form, which included examples of usage and origin. Rusty 🐈 00:19, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Theparties (talk) 00:03, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 09:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The explanation of "living rent free" is inverted.

It doesn't match either of its references. One potential correction would be "When one person is resentful towards another person, that second person is described as living rent-free in the first person's head." It needs to be clear that the resented person is living rent-free in the resenter's head. 198.161.100.138 (talk) 19:39, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've rewritten the description: "Constantly being thought of negatively by another person"--NapoliRoma (talk) 00:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

please add "face card" to list

face card

it refers to an attractive face. often used in the phrase "(person)'s face card never declines"

also used in several hit songs: • Open Arms by SZA • Heated by Beyoncé • One Of Your Girls by Troy Sivan

below are some articles that reference or discuss the meaning of "face card"

[2]http://dx.doi.org/10.47836/jlc.11.02.08 [3]https://doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v13i3.62121 [4]https://www.dhakatribune.com/around-the-web/351224/a-%E2%80%98delulu%E2%80%99-writer%E2%80%99s-guide-to-using-gen-z-lingo [5]https://www.dailydot.com/news/scrolling-in-the-deep-face-card/?amp [6]https://fossbytes.com/common-tiktok-slangs-meanings/ I love bats (talk) 09:02, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Added entry. Sparkle and Fade ^talk_edits 15:14, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]