The joke may have merit, all generations have their lingo but it does seem to have gotten extra meme-ish as of late, but the labels are all wrong. Millennials are the old ones, the meme language speaker should be labeled as Z (which came after millennials) or Alpha (came after Z, born 2010-2025.)
The new gen just has the ability to disseminate slang faster with all the online tools. Back in my day, words only entered slang status when a celebrity used it in the media.
The joke may have merit, all generations have their lingo but it does seem to have gotten extra meme-ish as of late, but the labels are all wrong. Millennials are the old ones, the meme language speaker should be labeled as Z (which came after millennials) or Alpha (came after Z, born 2010-2025.)
The new gen just has the ability to disseminate slang faster with all the online tools. Back in my day, words only entered slang status when a celebrity used it in the media.
Honestly, that’s a pretty decent explanation.
It’s kind of insane the turn around of slang. Can’t tell if it’s because I’m older that it appears that way.
I think if they were gen alpha they would just be texting weird memes.
Did they switch alphabets too when rolling over from Z to A?
Yes, they went Greek. Starting the letter naming scheme with X turned out to be a mistake.