The A to Z English Podcast | Generation Z Slang

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl tests Jack's knowledge of Generation Z slang.Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:13JackWelcome to the 80s in English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today social is going to teach me or quiz me on some Generation Z slang and we'll see how hip and cool I am and see if I understand any of these.00:00:35JackSo, so so whenever you're ready.00:00:38XochitlJack, I think I think because so many like.00:00:42XochitlWords or phrases and saying like goes start to become recycled. Over the years I'm I'm getting the feeling you might know some of these.00:00:52XochitlBut we'll give it our best.00:00:53JackWhat about hip and cool and my hip?00:00:56XochitlNo, we'll give it our best shot anyway.00:01:01XochitlOK, no cap. Do you know what the meaning of no cap is?00:01:05JackOh, no cab.00:01:08XochitlAnd I can use it in a sentence if you want me to.00:01:12JackOh, you know what? I just looked this up the other day because I I heard it and I don't know what it I I couldn't remember what it mean. What it means. No, no cap means.00:01:22JackNo, no, I'm sorry I'm confusing it with mid.00:01:26JackUM.00:01:29JackNo cap.00:01:31JackGosh, I knew this one. Can you use it in?00:01:33JackA sentence give me a hint.00:01:34XochitlYeah, this would be. I think it'll make it easy for you to tell no cap so.00:01:37JackOK.00:01:44XochitlJack, your beanie looks really cool. No cap.00:01:49JackOhh no cap.00:01:52JackIt means I'm. I'm like, serious, no joking.00:01:56XochitlYes. No lie or like for real. That's what it means.00:01:59JackFor real. OK, what? What is? Where does it come from? What's the?00:02:03XochitlWhat's the etymology behind no cap? I actually don't know. I'm going to look it up. No cap thermology.00:02:09JackOK.00:02:11JackNo cap.00:02:13XochitlIts origin in reference to caps for teeth that can be removed and therefore are considered inauthentic.00:02:20JackAh, OK.00:02:24JackInteresting. So this is very much like.00:02:27JackIn the.00:02:29JackThe culture of young people like Generation Z. Yeah. If I said this to my father. I'm like dad. I love you. No, cap. He would be like.00:02:33XochitlOh yeah.00:02:39JackI love you too, son, and I don't know what you're talking about. You know, it's, uh, we. I've never heard that expression. But I I have heard it before, but I didn't know what it meant. So you just taught me a new one there. No cap.00:02:54XochitlNo camp, OK?00:02:56XochitlThe next one is Ritz R.00:03:00XochitlIZZZ.00:03:09JackOK. Is is that the sound that a race car makes, races, races.00:03:16JackNot even close, right, Riz, Riz.00:03:21JackUh, I I I don't even think I can guess this one. I have no idea what riz means.00:03:30XochitlYou have no idea what it is.00:03:31XochitlMeans at all.00:03:34JackIt's riz, riz.00:03:36JackI know what a whiz whiz like a smart person, a whiz, he's a math whiz, is that which makes sense, no?00:03:43XochitlNo, I would say I'll use it. You want me to use it in a sentence?00:03:48JackYeah, sure. Give me a hint.00:03:50XochitlWill Smith has a mad riz.00:03:57JackRiz hatred.00:03:59발표자 3No, no. Oh my God. No, it's not respecting either. I've never seen someone fail so miserably. I'm sorry.00:04:04JackAdoration. Respect. Ohh respect, riz.00:04:15JackI I've I have no idea. It's it really. Does it sounds like I mean, the closest I could guess would be like mad props.00:04:27XochitlNo, it's riz. Me is short for charisma.00:04:29JackOK.00:04:33JackOhh Madrid. OK mad riz. He's got a lot of charisma.00:04:41JackMad. Riz. Wow. OK, OK.00:04:47XochitlIt's short for charisma, and it comes from black culture, just like most of these slang terms do.00:04:53JackRight.00:04:55JackThe and the.00:04:55JackFunny thing about these.00:04:56JackThese kinds of this kind of slang is that like 10 or 15 years later, you'll hear it used on the news and stuff like that.00:05:04JackLike they it cycles through the culture and it it comes out the top where stuffy white collared shirt, you know, they're perfect. Hair parted. Reporters are using this slang 15 years later. But anyway, that's a side note.00:05:04발표자Right.00:05:23XochitlYeah. The last one I have for you, I think you.00:05:25XochitlHave a better chance of guessing this one.00:05:29JackOK.00:05:35JackIt's so funny.00:05:36JackIs that Scooby's cousin, Chucky Scooby.00:05:39XochitlNo. Isn't this that Scrappy, scrappy?00:05:42JackIt is crappy. Crappy too, yeah.00:05:44XochitlYeah, it is.00:05:45XochitlYou know what you you mean don't.00:05:47XochitlYou I mean.00:05:48JackChuggy chuggy chuggy chuggy chuggy this gum is chuggy.00:05:55발표자 3No, this is so.00:05:56JackHave nothing to do with chewing. OK, gates.00:05:59발표자 3Funny, you want me to try to use it.00:06:03XochitlIn a sentence or.00:06:04XochitlYou want to get it again.00:06:05JackShould I keep I?00:06:06JackMean this is must be just torture for you listening to this old man trying to understand this young people slang.00:06:14JackChuggy Chuggy Chuggy something is chuggy it is.00:06:22발표자I I don't even.00:06:23JackKnow I I don't know where to start. I mean like Riz makes sense because it's charisma, you know, like that. I can. I can see where I missed that one. But Chucky.00:06:34JackLike a Choo Choo train? I don't know. I I have no idea. I'm. I'm lost. You got to use it in a sentence.00:06:41JackGive me a hint.00:06:42XochitlWearing Ugg boots with a short Jean skirt is so chuggy.00:06:48JackOhh out of fashion.00:06:51XochitlYes, Jack, you got it. It's like out of fashion trying too hard, the opposite of trendy or like styles that have, yeah, cycle through and are in the past. Yeah.00:07:03JackOK, so so like my understanding of slang is chuggy.00:07:07XochitlYeah. Yes, kind of, yeah. You can use it that way, I guess. Yeah, we're, you know, yeah, like old 2000, like frosted tips or tuggy.00:07:17JackYeah, those jeans are.00:07:19JackYeah, those jeans are chuggy or whatever. Don't wear that shirt. It's chuggy something.00:07:24XochitlYeah. Yeah. Two. Yeah. And it's kind of it's associated. It's a little bit. It's like parallel to tacky, but it doesn't really mean the same thing. It's kind of like trends that were overdone and are out of style now.00:07:25JackOK.00:07:41JackYeah. Yeah, like you're you're missing it by like, one. One step. You know, you're one step behind.00:07:42XochitlSo it's like a little parallel.00:07:48JackKind of the the the fashion curve.00:07:49XochitlThe times, yeah.00:07:51JackOr whatever. Yeah, I understand what you mean.00:07:54JackIt's not like.00:07:55JackIt's not like, totally ridiculously bad, but it's just like it's a miss like.00:08:00XochitlYeah, like it's just out of trend with the time period and.00:08:07XochitlYeah. That's like a Tuscan.00:08:09XochitlKitchen in a modern home.00:08:12XochitlLike this Tuscan kitchen trend that would be two geeks. That was from like the early 2000s, you know?00:08:17JackRight, OK. That would be chuggy. Yeah, I'm trying to think of something else, like, yeah, sure. **** carpeting.00:08:25XochitlYeah, **** carpeting could be chuggy or.00:08:31XochitlBlue Eye Shadow could be chuggy they do it.00:08:35XochitlLike frosted chips.00:08:35JackI'm sure every every pair of jeans I own are are chuggy. I'm sure, yeah.00:08:41XochitlYeah, probably chuggy my close from middle school is chuggy now, so it is what it is. Yeah, it's like.00:08:47JackI I'm just.00:08:48JackWaiting for it. If you wait long enough, chuggy becomes on chuggy.00:08:53JackIt becomes transient. Yeah. You just have to hold out, yeah.00:08:53XochitlRight. You got popular again. Yeah, I'm waiting. We'll see. All right, Jeff. Well, those are our slang terms for this time around the Gen. Z slang. 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