List of Generation Z slang

The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world. Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. Ease of communication with the internet facilitated the rapid proliferation of Gen Z slang.

Many Gen Z slang terms were not originally coined by Gen Z members, and were already in usage or simply made more mainstream. Several Gen Z slang terms have been derived from African-American Vernacular English, while others were derived from drag queen/LGBTQ+ culture. Linguist Michael Adams told Business Insider that “African Americans come up with their language and it gets appropriated away from them, so then they come up with new language, so African Americans are a never ending stream of slang input in American English.”