Different generations develop unique slang vocabulary to express similar concepts, such as Gen Z using 'chong' for attractive, 'frame mugging' for outshining others, and 'rizz' for charm, while Gen X uses 'gnarly' for impressive and 'veg out' for being lazy, and Millennials use 'twined' for manipulated and 'twisted up' for skillfully outplaying someone, demonstrating how language evolves differently across age groups.
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Gen Z vs Millennial vs Boomer: UK Slang Quiz ft. Specs, Tyrique & SV2 | Gen Wars
Added:Today, we're starting a war over words.
>> I'M A CHIEF, YEAH.
I'M A CHIEF, YEAH.
>> THIS IS A QUIZ ABOUT SLANG USED by three different generations, with two captains proving that their squad knows the most slang. Each team features three people from different generations, a Gen Z'er, Gen X'er, and a millennial to show who has the best knowledge of slang. Ladies and gentlemen, THIS IS GEN WARS.
>> [applause] >> SO, SPECS, TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR TEAM, MAN.
>> WOAH, LOOK. They can introduce themselves, you know what I mean?
>> Listen, I'm Bradley. I've been doing a lot of debates.
>> squad. So, I'm going to know more current stuff.
>> Team Milly, Tyron Mills in the building.
I live in brief social, so I've got this.
>> And I'm Specs Gonzalez, man. I'm a millennial. By the way, I've never come across this word before. THIS IS >> [laughter] >> ALL RIGHT, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR TEAM, MAN.
>> YEAH, THIS is the winning team, obviously. From my left, I've got >> I'm Big Mish.
>> I'm Slim Trim. Right with him, I put my tennis from my tin. Eat the chicken and dash YOUR WING, MAN.
>> THAT IS 64, BABY.
>> 61 YEARS OLD.
>> AND ALONG WITH MISH, I'VE GOT >> MATT B. I'm a millennial. I'm going to say less, cuz less is sometimes more.
>> OH, ALL RIGHT.
I LIKE THAT. DON'T TALK ABOUT ACTION.
WHICHEVER IS THE LOSING TEAM, the winning team gets to write anything they want on the social media. Simple as that. Give me your phone.
>> [laughter] >> Give me your phone from now, bro.
I'm liking the energy from both teams.
Ladies and gentlemen, let's get into round one.
In this round, each generation will be going head-to-head against each other.
There's going to be six questions, and each of you will answer two. Whoever hits the buzzer first gets to answer first. If you answer incorrectly, the other team gets to answer. Simple as that. Right, so first up, my Gen X'ers.
>> Come in, baby.
>> Relax, yeah.
>> Listen, I'm Gen O, I'm Gen O.
>> I like that, man.
>> I'm feeling confident. Listen, I'm bringing a lot of knowledge, but my team captain Listen, how can I not feel confident?
>> If I see someone is moving like a non-playable character, some might call it NPC, what does that mean?
>> I'M SHOCKED. THANK YOU.
>> RELAX. WIGGLE YOUR FINGER.
>> [laughter] >> IT'S A MAD person crew.
>> Is that what you think it is? A mad person's crew?
>> Yeah.
>> Wait, Mish. I feel you know what you're doing.
>> MISH?
CORRECT.
>> [screaming] >> INCORRECT.
SO NOW IT'S GOING TO SWING over to the NPC.
>> Hey Bradley, you ain't got a clue. Let's just say Let's just get in.
>> Can I Can I Can I Can I Can I Can I talk to him?
>> NPC, I think it's like a man who's like being very suspicious. Like it's not an NPC. It's a It's a man who's suspicious about something that's going on.
>> And what And what And what's wrong What's with the hands?
>> I don't KNOW. I'M JUST THINKING IT IS LIKE I think something's going on.
>> Unfortunately, you're both wrong.
You are both wrong. Non-playable character, NPC. So listen, it's basically like someone is moving like a lifeless robot.
>> Ah.
>> No one's taking that point. Both of you back to the podiums right now. We're going to go again with someone else, all right? You guys will be answering the question from the millennials.
>> Cool.
>> What does the term chong mean?
>> Oh.
>> Oh, let's see. Let's see. Let's see.
>> This team's moving really fast. You don't know.
>> The word chong will be a way to describe someone that's you're attracted to. Someone that's good-looking. Like pretty. That's chong.
Or something that's good.
>> I can reveal that TY IS CORRECT.
>> [cheering] >> YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW AS WELL?
>> HOW?
>> YOU SEE back in the DAY I WAS >> [screaming] >> HE WAS THAT CLOSE TO IT.
>> DAMN.
CHAMPIONS. CHAMPIONS. MY BOYS.
>> Can I please get my millennials into the frame, man?
>> Let's go.
>> Let's go, man.
>> Wrong generation here.
>> Oh, well. You think he's a bit >> Need his date of birth. Where's his passport? He's definitely Gen X.
>> Me?
>> Me?
>> I mean I mean >> My millennials, you're going to be answering a statement from Gen X. If a Gen Xer says that something is gnarly, what does that mean?
>> Oh.
>> Hey, yo. know. I just say You know what?
It's freezing, bro. They buzz three times in a row.
>> Easy.
>> Go on.
>> If something is gnarly, >> Yeah, go on.
>> it's not good. It's annoying.
>> [snorts] >> There's something special about this team, you know.
>> I know.
>> Because that is incorrect, man.
>> Yo, yo, what's going on?
>> I was confident with that.
>> You sure?
>> Yeah, I was very confident.
>> Hey, Matt.
Before I thought you had that.
>> This is now going over to team specs.
>> Like gnarly.
>> No, gnarly.
>> Gnarly.
>> I don't even know what it was.
>> Gnarly is something that like doesn't drop. Like you know when you're walking like Adidas socks with Air Forces.
>> Mhm.
>> Gnarly.
>> Who is it? Who is it?
>> Gnarly.
>> Who is it?
>> Gnarly.
>> What the what?
>> Gnarly.
>> No, that's wrong.
>> Specs, bro.
>> That's the wrong answer.
>> Something What did you say? Something was even gnarly.
>> Even gnarly as in moving cool.
>> The term gnarly means something that's good, IMPRESSIVE, SOMETHING CRAZY.
>> [screaming] >> YOU GOT YOU GOT A GEN Z'ER.
>> I ACTUALLY HAD IT. I ACTUALLY HAD IT.
>> YOU DIDN'T GET THE POINT OVER THERE. Can I please get my Gen X's back, man? Let's go.
>> Come brads. Come brads.
>> Am I correct in both of you saying that you have Gen Z'ers as your kids, right?
>> I've got 11-year-old son.
>> Okay. This one comes from Gen Z. What does the term frame mugging mean?
>> Frame mugging.
>> Frame mugging.
>> Frame mugging.
>> Frame mugging. Frame mugging.
>> Your eyes are stupid.
>> Hey, Mish Mish, you know what I THINK YOU'RE DOING?
>> [laughter] >> AND FRAME MUGGING must be like someone's in the frame for something and you've just mugged them. So, it's like a frame mugging.
>> WHAT IS A MUGGING? YOU PUT THEM IN THE FRAME.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> I'M PUTTING THAT MAN IN THE FRAME.
>> YEAH, BUT WHAT DOES FRAME MUGGING MEAN, BRAD?
>> It makes sense. Frame mugging.
>> I can announce.
But that was incorrect.
Both of you are wrong. Look, so the term frame mugging means someone's a bit bigger in the frame >> What?
>> and they're outshining another person.
>> So, hence so they're taking the piss.
>> So, they're shining and outshining the other person.
>> GEN Z, BRO. NEVER HEARD ABOUT MUGGING.
>> I knew that was wrong.
>> This is new streamer language. If you got guys watching streamers >> That's what I said. That's what I said.
Streamers you say W's in the chat.
>> I know that. W's in the chat.
>> Hey, incorrect again. ZERO POINTS.
>> IT'S A DRAW AGAIN.
>> If someone says the term chief, what does that mean? OOH, AGAIN. SORRY TY.
YOU'RE TOO SLOW, MAN.
>> CAN WE DO THAT ONE AGAIN?
>> IF SOMEONE IS A CHIEF, IT BASICALLY MEANS they're idiots. So let me use it in a sentence. It'll be like for example, hey that best guy IS A CHIEF.
SO THIS TERM COMES FROM GEN X. What does it mean?
To veg out.
>> Ooh, celebrate man.
>> [laughter] >> LISTEN, IT'S EASY. WE'VE GOT THIS. IT'S WHEN YOU MAKE AN ASSUMPTION that's wrong and you just veg out. You just say it, but you're wrong.
>> But I've celebrated. I told you to celebrate it 5 minutes ago.
>> And the answer is correct, yes?
>> Incorrect again, man. All right, bro.
I'm so sorry, man.
>> You I I promise you if I get it wrong, you have to get it wrong.
There's no way you know what veg out means.
>> To veg out means to be lazy.
>> That's not the correct term.
>> So I can now announce THAT IS CORRECT.
ALL RIGHT.
>> B A YO. YOU'RE LAZY. HOW ARE you vegging out? I don't get it. You're telling me veg out they use it in password as well.
I've never HEARD VEG OUT.
>> [laughter] >> I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE AFRICAN. YOU'RE AFRICAN.
>> YOU GUYS NEED to come back, MAN.
>> WE'LL COME BACK. IT'S ONLY THE FIRST ROUND.
>> NO WAY.
IT'S GOING TO GIVE it to you.
>> [music] >> Round two is fill the blank. I've got three generational sentences that I'll be reading out and you guys need to guess the blank slang word that's missing from the sentence. I'll free multiple choice answers. Let's go. Let's go.
Gen Z, you are up first. That's to see you again.
>> No, I don't know, man.
>> Oh, >> [laughter] >> the last time YOU AND TRUST ME.
TRUST TRUST TRUST ME.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT?
>> NO, MAN.
>> I got you, bro.
>> My bro, see you later.
>> So, this question that you guys will be answering is coming from the millennials, okay? Don't post that clip.
You got so badly you're getting cooked in a group chat. Is it A, twined, B, twizzled, or C, thwarted?
>> And this is from Specs' generation.
>> How you How you going to know?
>> I see it on the phone all the time.
>> Yeah.
>> He doesn't know, though.
>> Right, I need you to both say and reveal your answers to the camera in three, two, one.
>> Twizzled.
>> Twined.
>> What's going on here?
What's going on?
>> Both of us.
>> Twined, innit?
>> Twined wasn't on there.
>> YOU DIDN'T SAY TWINED.
>> TWINED.
>> TWINED.
>> OH, MY OH.
>> WE GET A POINT. I SAID TWINED.
>> I SAID TWINED.
>> TWINED.
>> BUT GUESS WHAT? TARA, YOU'RE WRONG AS WELL.
LOOK, IF YOU GUYS CAN TELL ME what the meaning is, I'll give you an extra point.
>> I want to say that you got like like twisted up as in like cast out like >> Yeah, keep going.
>> Like yeah, cast out as in like >> Yeah?
>> Yeah, like when Yeah, when you got cast out when you get cast out.
>> Incorrect.
>> I think the word twined um back in the millennium age when they were saying the things like twined, it means basically like manipulated. Like if you got you got manipulated badly.
That's what I think.
>> Can't give you that point, bro.
>> Yeah, good.
>> Listen, listen.
A millennial phrase in football used to describe when you skillfully outplayed someone.
>> YOU SAID IT FIRST.
>> I SAID IT FIRST.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID TWISTED UP.
>> BOOM BOOM.
>> [laughter] >> YOU GOT TWISTED UP.
>> TWINED.
>> BOOM.
>> TWISTED UP.
>> BOOM.
>> [laughter] >> SO, THIS IS COMING FROM GEN Z, OKAY?
MY OLDER brother still uses Facebook to post Minion memes. So, is it A, chuggy, B, age-maxed, or C, cobwebbed?
>> I WANT TO >> 10 SECONDS.
>> I THINK I GOT IT. I THINK I GOT IT.
>> BRADLEY, YOU GOT A CLUE, BRO?
>> NO, I haven't.
>> No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO, NO, I'VE GOT AN IDEA. I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
>> I want you to both say and reveal your answers in three, two, one.
>> Age-maxed.
>> Cobwebbed.
>> Listen, IT'S DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
>> I CAN now reveal the correct answer was chuggy, man.
>> Oh.
It was A, bro.
>> IT WAS A. IT WAS >> WE DON'T USE THAT.
>> SO, UNFORTUNATELY, GUYS, AGAIN, no points.
The sentence that I'm about to read is coming from Gen X. Yeah? Let's go. That girl is blank. Is it A, bodacious, B, ludacious, or C, curacious?
>> You see that girl, Tasha? Is she A, I wear glasses. See what what what what about Tasha? What Show Show me Tasha.
>> Sparks, you've got nothing on the whiteboard, BRO.
>> BODACIOUS.
>> BODACIOUS.
>> SO, BOTH OF THEM HAVE LOCKED IN THEIR ANSWER, and I can now reveal THEY'RE BOTH CORRECT.
>> [cheering and applause] >> I'M NOT BEING I'M NOT BEING FUNNY. GEN X, YOU see the language you lot were using back in your time?
>> No.
>> have internet, man. We didn't have predictive TEXT. WE HAD TO SPEAK in long sentences.
>> [laughter] >> Bodacious.
>> Oh, wait.
>> YOU PUT SHUSH.
>> SHOW THE CAMERA. LET ME SEE WHAT THAT SMELL IS.
>> [laughter] >> I WANT THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL. DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
>> WAIT, HOLD ON. WHAT DOES BELISHA MEAN?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS. DO YOU WANT to say extra point?
>> Nelly.
>> Oh, extra point.
>> You don't REALLY MEAN IT.
>> EXTRA POINT. ACIOUS boldacious looking for the bad thing TO PUT MY >> OH.
>> OH.
>> [screaming] >> OH, MISS.
>> BOLDACIOUS MEANS LIKE she's laying like she's got body and she's nice.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Correct.
>> YEAH.
>> YES. YES.
>> [applause and cheering] >> CORRECT.
>> WE GOT AN EXTRA POINT.
>> IT IS TIME for round three. IS EVERYONE READY?
>> YEAH.
>> [music] >> THE FINAL ROUND IS CALLED WHAT YOU MEAN.
Each generation will have to translate a paragraph, but the paragraph is from a different generation. You have 30 seconds to transcribe this paragraph.
However, there's a twist. You guys will be wearing noise cancellation headphones, so you can't discuss or hear anything regarding the paragraph, okay?
When the 30 seconds up, you guys will remove your headphones and give me your answers on my cue. YOU GUYS READY?
>> YEAH.
>> [cheering] >> ALL RIGHT.
FIRST UP, GEN Z. GET TO THE FRONT, MAN. Let's go.
Let's go.
>> We need this.
>> Let me read the sentence from the millennials, okay? How's this marga you bopping around like he's bleno? Man's not a bad person, but trust me, nobody rates him. I saw him try and chirps Tasha at the shubs and he got aired.
Hey, Tasha's back, man.
>> Tasha's back.
>> [laughter] >> Hey.
>> All right, headphones on. You both have 30 seconds to transcribe this and get me those slang terms.
>> How's this marga you?
>> How many what?
>> We got I got chirps.
Um bopping. Garage.
>> Bopping your head.
>> It's moving.
>> Yeah.
>> Was you using any of these words back IN YOUR DAYS?
>> BACK IN THE DAY, MAN. YEAH, WE USED TO GO OUT AND BOX.
>> YEAH?
>> YEAH. MARGA MAN, IF SOME MAN IS MARGA, I'M LIKE SKINNY MAN, HIM SKINNY.
>> WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT BLENO? BLENO?
>> BLENO. NO, NO, NO, that's a youth man word.
>> Finish. Pens down.
>> You ain't translated it the way I have.
>> You will not translate it the way >> I have a way with words.
>> Let me reread the sentence from the millennials, okay? How's this marga you bopping around like he's bleno? Man's not a bad person, but trust me, nobody rates him. I saw him try and church Tasha at the shubs and he got aired, okay? Tyra, you ready for translation time?
>> Yeah.
>> Let's go.
>> So, how's this marga you? So, marga you means skinny you boy.
Um bopping around, so walking around, like he's bleno, so bleno means bad.
I saw him try church, church means chatting up.
Tasha, the shub, shub means party, club, teen fest, and then I got aired, aired means pie, like left hanging.
>> Okay.
>> Let's go, man. LET'S GET OUT OF IT.
>> LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, IT'S DONE.
>> LET'S GO, MAN.
>> NO WAY, IT'S DONE.
>> LET'S GO, MAN.
>> NO WAY BACK.
>> WELL, you see what I've done? I've gone with a different approach to Tyra.
>> How is this skinny guy walking around like he's bad? I am not a bad person, but believe me, nobody likes him. I saw him try and flirt with Tasha at the party and she ignored him.
>> Shakespeare.
>> Nice, nice, word for word.
>> Ladies and gentlemen, after that round, I can reveal you both get the point. When she actually explained it to me, she did say ignore.
She said ignore.
Both of you got every single one correct apart from bleno. Bleno actually means big.
Bleno's big, you both said bad, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
YOU GUYS NEED THIS POINT. CAN I PLEASE get my millennials TO >> [applause] >> I was out throwing shapes last night with the lads. It was absolutely pukka.
Got home with no wonga, but left still buzzing. Regardless, I tell you what, the beats at the rave were proper fat as well.
>> Feel like this is right up Bradley Street, man.
>> I know every answer there.
>> Just transcribe that one for me. Let's go. 30 seconds starts now.
>> I've got this all day long, baby girl.
>> We invented like slang, you know what I'm saying?
>> Okay, I'm seeing a lot of writing here, but no action going on over here. Okay, and now he's started. this is a fat rave. That's big. It's a good rave.
>> Is that what I mean?
>> Yeah.
>> Actually, yeah. All right. All right.
We'll see. We'll see about that.
>> Just to let you know, I've got this cuz I'm from Islington.
>> Okay. So my area was like >> What's happening fellow? You all RIGHT OVER THERE?
>> I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
>> ZERO. DOWN. NOW. DONE. DONE. DONE. DONE.
DONE.
>> I was out dancing last night with my boys. It was a great night. Got home with no money, but I'm still happy.
And the music at the party was perfectly played by the DJs.
The weather was nice. In fact, the sun was out even though it was 1:00 a.m.
And you know what? I would definitely GO AGAIN.
>> OKAY.
>> I DON'T EVEN WANT THE POINTS.
>> [laughter] >> I WAS OUT dancing last night with the lads.
It was great. I got home with no money, but was still >> [music] >> buzzing regardless. I'll tell you what, the music at the party was proper good and I had a much better time and was a much better DANCER THAN SPECS.
>> OH, NO.
>> I CAN ANNOUNCE THAT THE WINNER IS SPECS.
>> YEAH.
>> OH, SPECS TAKES THAT POINT. AND THE REASON AS TO WHY IS because you didn't TRANSLATE BUZZING.
>> THAT'S WHAT I SAID. THAT'S WHAT I EVEN SAID.
>> [laughter] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S TIME TO GET THE GEN XERS. Let's go.
>> Let's go.
>> Listen, this is the World Cup final here. Forget this year's World Cup. It's about this final.
>> So if you guys get this point, you take it to a tiebreaker.
Yeah? The statement you guys are going to be reading is coming from Gen Z. The only reason you gesture max is because you can't aura farm. No cap.
You'd be fraud maxing if you try to out mog someone like me. You have ZERO RIZZ.
>> AND THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS GEN Z.
>> ALL RIGHT. NO. WAIT. I've got some I've got some of them. I've got some of these.
>> ARE YOU UNCULTURED?
>> LISTEN, I'M NOT I'VE GOT SOME OF THESE.
>> Headphones on. let's go.
>> I know exactly what I'm putting on your social media.
>> He knows what oral farming is. She doesn't.
>> That's one word. There's like 10 in there, bro.
>> We've got it. We've got it. We've got >> WE'VE GOT IT.
>> WE'VE GOT A MATCH.
>> I'M I'M NOT CONFIDENT.
>> I'M HAVING THE QUICKEST ONE so far. I'm expecting every single answer to be right from both of you, okay?
>> All right. Me and you ARE GOING UP FIRST. ARE WE READY?
>> We're ready like Freddy.
>> Let's go. Reveal your statement.
>> The only reason you joke too much is cuz you can't relate, man.
No lie. You'd be making out if you try to diss someone like me. You got no swag.
>> Let's talk about you, bro.
>> Listen, I liked yours.
>> Thank you, baby.
>> But I LIKE MINE BETTER.
>> AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE GOING WITH THE ONLY reason you lied is because you can't flex. No lying. You'd be bullshitting. If you tried to mug someone like me, you have no style.
>> Oi. Oi. Oi. Oi.
>> It's a different >> They've made the same AMOUNT OF STAKES.
>> IT STAYS IN WITH ME, OKAY? LISTEN.
>> Thank you, BABY.
>> I'M >> [laughter] >> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU, BABY.
>> AFTER READING both of those statements, the score is currently 5-4.
And after that round, it is 6-5. You actually draw cuz you both got the same amount, WHICH MEANS TWO POINTS >> [cheering] >> I TOLD YOU. HEY, WHERE'S YOUR PHONE?
>> SPECS, I NEED THAT PHONE.
I need that.
>> Let me see the phone. LET ME SEE THE PHONE.
>> I AIN'T GOT NO TIME FOR TALKING.
>> BRO, CAN I USE your phone quickly?
>> I've got no battery. I ain't got no battery.
I want to THAT'S PASHA. NO.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU, YEAH, TO RECORD A VIDEO of yourself.
Then, I'm going to caption it.
I can definitely agree that I am more chopped than Max Khadar, Billy the Goat, AND DARKEST >> [laughter] >> I AM MORE CHOPPED THAN BILLY THE GOAT, DEFINITELY. MasKoda and Darkest Man.
Pleasure, man.
I challenge MasKoda on this show.
>> And if you want TO SEE THAT, HIT THE LIKE BUTTON. MY NAME'S been Eman SP2, Specs, Ty, and that IS JMW. LET'S GO.
>> [applause and cheering] [music] [music] [music]
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