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Because Reasons
I am the father of two Gen Zers.
I, myself, am a Gen Xer.
Our son recently graduated (cum laude, I might add) from college while attending the last several months of classes, lessons, and the like from home. Our daughter is a rising high school senior and currently looking at out-of-state colleges to attend next year if college happens at all.
Both are considerably hipper to modern lingo (see how I dated myself already?) than my wife and I are.
As a popular Instagram user, “Insta” as she refers to it, as well as Snapchat, our seventeen-year-old daughter oozes trendiness including the words she uses.
Over the past few years, I have been called Cringey, and have heard many things referred to as Lit, Sus, and Iconic. I have been told that she is Vibing or that someone is Basic. I have heard her say Yeet many a time and have been called Bruh by her despite being her father.
She refers to people as both “Queens” and “Kings,” which seems like a compliment.
These words, plus numerous others that make me scratch my head, are uttered by our daughter regularly.
Our son is somewhat less caught up in trends and gathering Likes and shares on social media, although he garners…
