Every generation has slang, but Gen Alpha’s has a particularly unhinged quality, some parents say. Still, experts say their bad rep isn’t totally deserved.
In the beginning, there was “skibidi.”
It appeared abruptly in the lexicons of kids under 14 — the first slang term unique to Generation Alpha. Parents’ ears perked up as they began to hear it around the dinner table. It could mean bad, cool, or nothing at all, their kids explained. Then a dozen more incomprehensible terms followed suit.
Gen Z’s “slay” and “tea” are officially vintage, giving way to “sigma,” “gyatt” and “fanum tax.”
Everyone’s getting whiplash.
I was thinking about this last night because I saw this meme and felt like it was very “boomer humor” which got me thinking about how humor has seemingly changed throughout the years.
It does seem absurdism is much more common nowadays, however it’s not just that either, there’s layers of nuance usually that makes it “deeper” as well.
Would be interesting to see a deep dive on how humor has evolved through the years aside from my biases. You make an interesting point about it being “no connections to reality” but I’m not sure it’s entirely correct.