Current Popular Slang Terms 2024 Olympics. We’re starting off strong with one of the most widely used slang terms of recent months. Let’s look at trending and popular social media and generation z (gen z, 1997~2012) words and phrases in 2024.

Many of the slang words attributed to gen z — defined by the pew research center as anyone born between 1997 and 2012 — were created by members of marginalized communities, most notably black. Yapping refers to talking excessively or at length.