Are you constantly confused by what your kids or other young people are talking about? Sometimes it might feel like they’re speaking a different language, and they kind of are, because they use a lot of slang words that sound totally foreign to us. But Amazon Alexa is here to help, thanks to a new vocabulary update that will help older users learn the lingo of the youth.
The new feature, “Alexa talk Gen Z to me,” gives definitions and examples of 20 popular words used by the generation. According to Amazon’s research, 83% of young people realize that their elders are clueless about what they’re talking about, and 35% of them say it’s cringe for an older person to misuse their slang. But don’t count older generations out, as 56% of non-Gen Zers say they’re eager to learn the new terms.
For those that want to understand what the teens, tweens and twentysomethings are talking about, here’s some of the slang that Alexa will now be able to explain:
- Lowkey — “something subtle”
- It’s giving — “the tone something emulates”
- Ick — “something cringeworthy”
- Slay — “to show off with pride”
- Rizz — “to possess swagger or charisma”
- The math is mathing — “something makes logical sense”
- Sus — “short for suspicious”
- Ate — “a showing of admiration for someone consuming success”
- Hot Girl Summer — “an encouragement to unapologetically be yourself and thrive”
- Cap — “to lie”
- Slaps — “to describe something as being a hit”
- Fam — “short for family, similar to ‘bro’”
- Drip — “to be stylish”
- Airing — “to ignore”
- In your XXX era — “describing chronic emotions or preferences a person has”
- Mother — “a female status symbol”