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Gen Z Slang Quiz: How Old Is Your Slang?

12 multiple-choice questions on current slang.

How the quiz works

There are 12 multiple-choice questions, each asking what a slang word means. The options are shuffled every time. Your score sets your "slang age":

Score Result
0–3 Boomer
4–6 Millennial
7–9 Soft Gen Z
10–12 Certified Brainrot

The labels are a joke, not a measure of anyone's age. Nothing is saved, and you can share the result card if you like.

The answers, explained

Spoilers below. Try the quiz first.

  1. Rizz means charm or flirting skill. It comes from "charisma" and was spread by the streamer Kai Cenat. Full entry.
  2. No cap means "for real, not lying". "Cap" means a lie, so "no cap" is the denial. Full entry.
  3. Mid means mediocre or average. It is mild, but it is still a put-down. Full entry.
  4. Bussin means really good, most often about food. Full entry.
  5. Delulu is short for delusional. It is usually said playfully, often about your own hopes. Full entry.
  6. Cooked means in trouble or done for, as in "if the wifi dies mid-exam, I'm cooked". Full entry.
  7. Aura is a person's vibe or presence, sometimes counted in jokey "aura points". Full entry.
  8. Touch grass means go outside and take a break from the internet. It is often said to someone who is too online. Full entry.
  9. Glazing means over-the-top praise or sucking up. Full entry.
  10. Skibidi is chaotic, nonsense meme energy. It comes from the "Skibidi Toilet" video series. Full entry.
  11. Ohio, in meme slang, means weird or cursed. It has nothing to do with the actual state. Full entry.
  12. It's giving means "the vibe is" or "it feels like", as in "it's giving main character". The phrase comes from Black and queer ballroom culture. Full entry.

Why these words?

The quiz mixes words most adults have heard by now, like rizz, no cap and mid, with ones that are more specific to younger users, like skibidi, Ohio and aura. That spread is what makes the score mean something. Most people who are online every day get the first half, and the last few separate the casual from the fluent.

Keep going

Missed a few? The Gen Z slang guide covers all of them and more. The Gen Alpha guide explains the younger, stranger end of the list. To practise in context, paste a sentence into the Gen Z translator, or come back for the daily slang challenge.

For parents and teachers

A low score is useful information, not an embarrassment. The words most adults miss, like skibidi, Ohio and aura, are also the ones least worth worrying about. They are mostly jokes with no fixed meaning. The words that deserve a second look are rarely on a quiz like this. They are covered in the offensive slang guide, which explains which terms are mean, sexual or tied to online subcultures, and what to do if you hear them.

If you are taking the quiz with a teenager, let them explain the answers you missed. Most will happily tell you that a word is "dead" or "only used ironically now", which is exactly the part a dictionary struggles to keep up with.