I feel old

A third of those predate gen z. The complete nonsense words are definitely on them, though.

I think every word ever started out as something that was nonsense to everyone, except the first two people who used that word.
- Ruru

No cap fr fr

But isn't OPP other people's.... property or has that changed since Naughty by Nature taught us all what it meant?

No, it just shouldn't be capitalized. It's short for "operative" and usually refers to somebody you think is (or jokingly think is) working for/with the cops or feds.
It's "Opp," not OPP
- Yeah you know me!
  Sorry, 42 years old, force of habit.
- It's "opp" with two p's but it's short for "operative", a word with one p? I'm starting to think that you don't really know either.
- Sounds like Narc would be the translation then…
- I think it's short for "opposition", as in a rival gang
- Oh I thought it was short for "opponent" lol
- Oh a narc. That’s funny cuz up here the cops are actually called the OPP
That's where my mind went, too. I'm 40.
The last p, well… that’s not that simple. It’s sorta like another way to call a cat kitten. As for the ladies, OPP means something gifted: the first two letters are the same but the last is something different; it's another five letter word rhymin' with cleanest and meanest.
- My high school Algebra teacher was once telling the class about ZPP, the zero product property. He told us when he was teaching in the 90s, there was a new song out called OPP and he would say "you down with ZPP?" and the class would say "yeah you know me!" lol
- Penist!
Is it just “OP”? Like how online forums starting Reddit say “original poster” and this just snuck its way into all conversation?

As a younger millenial I gotta say some of these are ours. We were calling things "extra" since like '06. Vibe is as old as the hippies, and mid is weed slang from like the early 2000s.

Every generation uses old slang they mistakenly believe they invented.
- Or in the case of 'out of pocket' every generaation just ignorantly bastardizes random shit.
You down with OPP?
- Yeah You know me
Wait, those are real?
- Unfortunately
Yeah, our generation was streets ahead of those zoomers.
- Ok Pierce.

That’s a dope-ass list, shit’s ill af. Just don’t be bitin someone else’s stilo, cuz that shit’s wack, yo. If ya do, just tell ‘em “my bad, b!”, or expect peeps gonna be poppin caps in your ass, ya heard?

Word to ya motha.

Wicka wicka Slim Shady. Uh... leave Britney alone!
- Yes, Cuban B!
Bruh
Okay gramgram, let’s get you to beddy-bye
sup. /the 'p' is silent and the vowel becomes elongated with a drop; off. "SUh h"

I shall share a stolen... I meant a borrowed meme

Does 'else if' become 'cap nocap'?
- Only in that context, it loses the meaning they're trying for if you're not using it exactly like that.
new Cope is nuts
- Sheesh yaas

"I feel old"

Picture of something printed on paper

Ick is just short for icky and vibe has been around for decades.

Gnarly list.

The whole trend is nothing new. Millennials and some GenXers were stealing all their slang from American rappers when they were young, too.
- Uh Gen X predates rap.
Radically tubular
- Very heather.
"Giving" is ballroom slang from like, the 80s. Extra is also LGBT slang that has been around at least since I was a teenager > a decade ago.
- Yeah but giving is seeing a surge, particularly as attitudes about LGBTQA shift
I think they're saying "the ick" or something but that's also pretty understandable by everyone.

List is hella whack

Is it wiggidy wiggidy wiggidy wiggidy whack?
- Straight up, wic wik wac.
So you’re playing a little Playstation, huh? That’s whack! Playstation is whack! ‘Sup with the whack Playstation, ‘sup?!

I seem to recall when they were translating "grunge" slang and it was also mostly bullshit not actually used.

Does double for drug slang. It's either decades out of date or just plain made up
- How am I supposed to ask for my yellow bentines now?

where skibidi?

Thought that was Alpha gen.
- It depends, it's generally used by gen z to mock gen alpha, though some of the youngest genz do use it regularly
It's not a real slang term as far as I'm aware, it's just a mock slang term that showed up because skibidi toilet happened to also be a meme around the time zoomer slang became a meme.
Whats the oldies equivalent?
- GMod.
yes yes

Gyatt was originally just a different pronunciation of god: GOD DAMN! = GYATT DAYUM!

That actually makes sense, thank you for explaining.
I thought the youngsters these days were using thicc to refer to big butts, as in GYAT DAYUM DAS THICC

Not rather Gen Alpha already? I too am kinda getting lost here, as a Gen Z.

I swear to god half of the slang from memes like this is just aspirational. Pretty fetch imo.
- Oh my god Gretchen
- Usually yeah, but for once those are actually real slang genuinely used the Z/alpha crowd and through them tiktok in general

I'm a very late millennial, borderline Gen Z, and even I feel like all my slang knowledge is outdated.

Wait till these dusky dewdrops get the vespers when they see my cut of cabbage.

/c/ihadastroke ?
- /c/duskydewdropsgetthevespers
/c/accidentaldeelite ?
- :: grooves to sick bassline and funky beat ::
  :: slide whistle ::
  :: grooves to sick bassline and vocal samples ::

The fuck is "cheugy"? How the hell do you pronounce that?

I've heard my BIL pronounce it "chew-gee"
- Still on the fence here is the g pronounced like in GIF?
- today is a terrible day to be literate in english
I literally had never encountered the term “cheugy” until I first played Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, in which the old principal asks you what kids these days meant by “cheugy”. I had to look it up. Sadge

"Vibe" is just a regular noun.

Okay grandpa, let's get you back to bed

You down with O.P.P.? Yeah you know me!

There. Now you can feel even older.

Object Poriented Programming?

I think 'mid' means middle or mid-grade weed, which means a similar thing as 'mediocre' like the chart says.

I thought bussin just meant "good" and could pertain go anything, not just food.

I'm such a fan of gyatt, it's just so damn fun to say.

Too bad the translation’s not really accurate here. It should say “god damn!”
GYATT DAYYUM
- Too bad the translation’s not really accurate here. It should say “god damn!” GYATT DAYYUM
  tl;dr: gyatt is almost exclusively used to mean, "god damn, phat ass."
  Except it is accurate, in shorthand and meaning. Gyatt started off to mean "god" and people would even say "gyatt damn." Then it moved to be fully "gyatt dayyum" to mean "god damn" as you noted....and then abbreviated to just "gyatt."
  Then it evolved to the present day where gyatt is mostly used to say, "god damn, that's a phat ass" or some variation. When something is terrible or your disappointed, you don't really say "gyatt it" or even "gyatt dayyum it" to mean "god damn it" or if you're pissed off at someone, you don't say "gyat you / gyatt dayyum you" to mean "god damn you." But if someone with a phat ass walks by, you'll say "GYATT," to mean "god damn, that's phat ass.
it's not even a word, it's more of an expression, which is why its so good

Here I thought OPP was other peoples pussy…

Original Poster's Pussy
As for the ladies, OPP means something gifted The first two letters are the same but the last is something different It's the longest, loveliest, lean- I call it the leanest It's another five letter word rhymin' with cleanest and meanest
Yeah you know me.

"on god" is at least millennial, I heard that one 20 years ago

A bunch of these terms were definitely used before gen z used them. Vibe, as a slang term, is a boomer creation. Ick is even older, and was first used in the 1940s.

Lol for some reason "delulu" hits just as bad as calling someone retarded. The only difference is one isn't a medical term. It's a well chosen word.

Delulu seems like a cute way of telling someone they're insanely stupid. I like it.

Do all Gen Z speak like this? Or just the really over the top ones?

did everyone in the 80s say bodacious?
did everyone in the 90s sat eat my shorts?
- Like, totally.
- Literally nobody in the 90s ever said "eat my shorts" irl.
Just the extra ones
My son, 16, talks like this with his friends. I have to ask for clarification in our texts a lot. I’m not one to down as we had our own slang growing up but I refuse to be okay with Bussin’ it just sounds so dumb to me.
- this is definitely not bussin
No.

Mine arrived in a mail box

looks like a intern project at a graphic design shop. get that Gen Z kid to write us up a slang Rosetta stone!

And now, dear Gen X, imagine that in German. Ooof.

I thought cheugy was more a synonym for tryhard, someone working really hard to 'get with th youths'.

Which would be lame to do in the view of said youths, no?
- Sure. I just think lame doesn't quite hit the same meaning.

OPP sure swerved

I want a Gen Z Immortan Joe in my life, on God

At least cheugy is a new word. All these fucking morons literally redefining “giving” and it’s absolutely terrible. It doesn’t sound good. It just makes you sound idiotic and like you don’t know English.

I believe giving actually comes from 90s gay/drag culture, and like most of these isn't really as obtuse as it seems. It's just word omission. It's just shorthand for "it's giving me thoughts of" or "it's giving me memories of", basically (okay, admittedly I'm extracting a little bit here).
Here's an example that I hope helps: imagine your friend or romantic partner comes to you wearing a new tweed jacket they've excited about, but all you can see when you look at it is memories of your tweed-clad college professor. You might respond with "i dunno, it's giving college prof," which is just shorthand for "I dunno, it's giving me flashbacks to memories of my college professor."
Personally that seems a fairly functional evolution of language in the way it always evolves, not the degradation you seem to be finding, but of course I can only offer my own singular opinion on the topic, so do with that what you want
edit: typos
They didn't redefine giving, it's literally being used for its original definition. Just add "energy" or "vibes" at the end of the sentence and it clarifies exactly how it's used. If someone sees your outfit and says "It's giving Beyoncé" -> "it's giving Beyoncé energy", your outfit is reminding them of Beyoncé. As in it is providing/offering said Beyoncé-like energy, aka one of the original definitions of giving something.
- they literally redefined it. It no longer means to ' : presented as a gift : bestowed without compensation ' or 'particular, specified' or ' : immediately present in experience ' they're using it as "it gives me the energy of" which already HAD A DEFINITION. THAT'S WHAT VIBE MEANS.
  That's not the original definition of 'giving' something, i have no clue where you got that from.
  Bunch of morons downvoting too, bet y'all saying giving a hundred times a day. fucking idiots.

Most of these either aren't right or I don't understand the older language.